Conversation Tidbit From Today: Kicking The Ass Of Math

I was talking with my friend Liz today, discussing the fact that math was hard for me in high school because I kept getting placed in advanced math classes. They assumed because I was good at all of the other subjects I could handle the advanced math, I guess. And I did, but not without a large amount of angst and the only D of my high school career. (The nearly all-A student in me must clarify that the D was a quarter grade, not a semester grade, and I managed to kick it up to a B, I think.) I found myself saying, "If I had been taking just the regular math classes, I would have kicked the ass of math in high school." To which Liz replied, "Did you hear what you just said?"