Math or language?

[Mitera Nikkou]

Assume that girls do better with language and that boys do better in math. Which one do you consider yourself to be better at, and would that make you a girl or a boy in this context? If math, a boy; and if language, a girl.

[Gee-chan]

....what if I fail miserably at both?

[Mitera Nikkou]

You're asexual?

But, technically, you fall under the second condition for hermaphrodite.

[Mendi-chan]

By language do you mean reading and writing, cus' I'm pretty dang good at reading but I crash and burn when it comes to writing.

[Mitera Nikkou]

Reading, writing, speech, spelling, et cetera. Your ability to communicate and understand in general.

[Garath the Shadowshifter]

Apperntly by those rules I'd be a girl. I'm great at reading, writing, spelling, and generally understanding people and getting my point across.

But I SUCK at math. Spent like two entire school years trying to get through algerbra. Took it first sesmester, failed. Tried again second semester. Failed. Finally barley passed it during summer school.

Bah to this day I still can't do fractions or percentages. I just don't mix with math.

[Helel]

Well, despite how much I dislike doing raw math (mainly because of professors and they way it's often thought) I'm still good at it. That or going through and doing well in Calc 3, DiffyQ and advanced Statistics and Probability have all been a delusion.

Yeah.

[Marky]

Heh, how "simple" is this Math that we're talking about. Cause if it is algebra and all that, I'm good. But when you get to Calculus, Differential Equations...and such, I start to go into a downward spiral...

As for my reading skills, they're excellent. Writing, so-so, I'd have to say, college-level wise, as the highest grade I've made on a paper here is an A-...I think, and I haven't come close since. Spelling, I'm good. Speaking...hell no. So, yeah, where do I stand?!

[Queen Octavia]

I excel at both, wee! People hate me for it though :'(

[Mistress Guendolen]

Apparently I'm a girl in more ways than one, now; both in anatomy and skills. I'm great with language- reading, writing, and the like are all my strongest skill sets. Whereas math is decidedly my weakest, by far.

[Helel]

Heh, how "simple" is this Math that we're talking about. Cause if it is algebra and all that, I'm good. But when you get to Calculus, Differential Equations...and such, I start to go into a downward spiral...

As for my reading skills, they're excellent. Writing, so-so, I'd have to say, college-level wise, as the highest grade I've made on a paper here is an A-...I think, and I haven't come close since. Spelling, I'm good. Speaking...hell no. So, yeah, where do I stand?!

It's hard to imagine anyone that doesn't lose a bit of sanity while taking those classes.

Case in point ->

[Queen Octavia]

Higher level math isn't all that bad, but I never enjoyed doing vector calculus etc, the problems were just a chore.

Writing and reading and such are all much more pleasurable. Well, most of the reading... *Has nightmares about some Beowulf from 1st year*

[Helel]

Higher level math isn't all that bad, but I never enjoyed doing vector calculus etc, the problems were just a chore.

A chore can be a bit of an understatement at times. and by times, I mean when you're working out THOSE problems, that take at least a page to solve... assuming you're doing it right.

I can't help but remember the occasions when I'd start a problem, and three or four pages later... have forgotten what I was trying to solve in the first place. Good times, good times.

I also smile fondly on those times when I thought multivariable integration/derivation was difficult. Oh, woe is me.

[Queen Octavia]

It was always fun after you did three pages of wonky substitutions and random guesses at the next step you looked over your work to see a mistake halfway through page one. I usually bungled a sign error two or three times per page, but learned to catch 'em quick. I found the easiest way to avoid mistakes was to conceptually understand what the beast you're working on represents at all times. If it's just abstract symbols that you know how to manipulate then you don't notice when you make a mistake and change the meaning.

I definately have more of a soft spot in my heart for elegant proofs than I do for beautiful poetry.

[Musashi]

Hate... math... *Twitch*

I never considered it a gender thing though. I didn't hear anything about that till I was like 14 and a teacher said "Do you think you're bad at math because you're a girl?" and I was all "... no, I just don't get it. o_O;"

I am veryvery much more a language person. Though actually, I have a hard time remembering all the various rules and names of things in grammar n' stuff. I just figure, if it sounds wrong, I just replace it with what sounds right. Works for me so far! In college I was told I wrote in near-perfect English, and I've always been confident in my ability to BS my way through a difficult English assignment when necessary.

My mom and sister are the same as me, but my aunt is very good at math, and my grandmother HATED English and loved math. She said it was like a puzzle, and no matter what you always know there's a logical answer at the end if you just follow the steps. Never worked for me though. XD