One Mad Minute After Another
*May 9, 2008
I apologize for my absence; I've been off having one of the worst weeks of my life.
When I was in the second grade struggling to learn my multiplication tables (which, by the way, didn't stick), I was required to participate daily in a terrible, terrible thing called Mad Minute. We basically had one minute to complete as many math problems as possible. And the irony of it all is that that minute did, in fact, drive me mad. I was so worried about doing well in such a short amount of time that I'd actually end up sitting there staring at the clock for the full minute, pencil in hand, unable to complete a single problem. Even the easy ones, like 1 times 0.
I was so afraid of failing that I failed.
I guess since this experience was almost twenty years ago, it's about time I learn something from it. So I'm doing my best to keep my head down and solve these impossible problems one at a time without letting that goddamn ticking clock get to me. I may end up failing anyway, but hell, this is the best I can do.
And maybe in twenty years I'll learn something from this experience too.



