The history of mathematics

I can solve your math assignments, but I don't understand them, dudie.

What? we are in the 20th century? or is it the 21st?? OMG, it's bad mathemtaics again popping into my head. Pardon me, cause am not good at mathematics! It's a fact, am no bullshitting ya.

It was my first contact with mathematics back when I was at 2nd class. I recall how much amazement took into my way when the teacher asked me about the result of multiplying 2 by 2. I did not understand the question, moreover, the teacher told me that I should follow her instruction and study the multiplications of 2 as she explained, and I was still in amazement. I didn't know what a multiplication table is, I even forgot if I have ever heard of it. It was my first time. The teacher took me infront of other childs and had my face facing the wall for the whole class as punishment. That teacher name was Atteyat, pretty ugly name for a lady, pretty ugly introduction to mathematics. She did not stop at that, she sent a letter to my parents complaining about my retarded mathematical skills, what a miserably persisting person!

Moving from that time and over, I had many dificulties understing numbers. Truly, I still have some of the old problems showing up, for example, I don't understand why 15 + 35 equals 50. My first interaction with this equation was when I was almost at 8, when my arabic language teacher was comparing me to another student. He kept saying, he's better than you, he has got 15 and 35 so the grand total is 50. I almost told him that 15 and 35 is 40 and that makes me better because I got 12 and 33 which is 45. Believe it or not, but until now, the latter equation makes more sense to me!

Regardless of these facts, my math teachers liked me, except for Atteyat, my first teacher. A teacher of mine who used to teach me at the midlevel school, once met me years after I graduated from that school, told me he is proud he used to teach me one day and he will never forget how brilliant I was. To all that, every single math (again except for the sneaky Atteyat) teacher thought I was genious.

When I first started my career, my technical managers used to show their complete appreciation of my mathematical magic, as they thought. Once one reviewed a piece of algorithm I was doing, the guy showed great pleasure, and used to tell everybody if they have a math problem for me to solve.

I need to confess now, Atteyat was right when she said I had retarded mathematics. Yes, I see no shame in it now, although I succeeded in fooling alot of good people. I can solve your problems, but I don't understand them, dude. I don't belong to numbers, I don't understand them. I am sorry if you have been fooled too.