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I Hate Math
February 20, 2010
The numbers swirl like cyclones
Across the God-forsaken board
I don't "get" anything written
My life is but endured
And people jump up, hand raised,
Knowing it all by heart
How I wish I knew
Just one geometric part.
But yet, I sit in silence.
While variables and things
Swirl and multiply and add
The nothingness is killing.
So kids doodle in their pages
And I squirm in my seat
Understanding Algebra
Is no easy feat.
y=mx+b.
Do you comprehend?
I'd rather be eaten by a crocodile
At every corner bend.
The teacher's speaking gibberish
The students all don't know.
The numbers are in, what, Japanese?
Do I like math?! NO!
© Ryan R., Lafayette, IN
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This article has 7 comments.
QueenOfMars GOLD said...
on Dec. 5 2011 at 7:49 am
ha! I can totally relate to this! I love the style of writing. =)
Dessometrics BRONZE said...
on Oct. 21 2010 at 10:34 am
yuck i hate geometry isnt is supposed to be easier than algebra???? it suxxxxxx all i do is write in that class too :)
homewardbound said...
on Mar. 2 2010 at 6:33 pm
I don't think I know anybody that loves both math and english, I think it's kinda one or the other. I think that you can be good at both, but that doesn't mean you like both. My dad and bro like math and my mother and I like english.
Milo! said...
on Mar. 2 2010 at 3:08 pm
Haha. I do that a lot too.
homewardbound said...
on Feb. 28 2010 at 3:48 pm
I can relate. totally. Did you write this in math?
