Jim Henderson wrote:

> The funny thing is that many of these people are very good at doing 
> math.

Math /= arithmetic. ;-)

*I* suck at arithmetic. It wasn't until I was about 17 that I discovered 
that mathematics involves more than just those sheets of long division 
problems.

(Seriously - why the hell does anybody in the modern era need to be 
fluent at long division? Sure, you should know how it works. But being 
able to finish 50 problems in an hour? That just seems pointless. Get a 
computer!)

There are polynomial equations, derivatives and integrals, the binomial 
theorum, statistical parameters and probability distributions, 
trigonometric ratios, complex numbers and matrix algebra, and why are 
those girls in the corner laughing at me? ._.

> and then she sits down 
> to do the taxes, and just gets completely frustrated at all the numbers.
> 
> I think it is some sort of a block.

No no - *everybody* gets confused as hell by taxes. ;-)

[Why do they make them so complicated? Is it a conspiracy to ensure you 
get them wrong and hand over more money than you're supposed to??]

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