math -- the haunting
I am preparing for my federal government General Competency test tomorrow morning. I am not worried about the reading-type questions, but math scares me.
I finally achieved a part-time job this past week at a canteen/convenience store near my home. This is my first experience with cash registers and making change ALSO0 makes me nervous. Yeah, it tells you how much change to give back, but I fumble with the actual cash. If people suddenly say they have a quarter and throw it in while in the middle of my calculations, I recover a bit too slowly.
I have a small learning disability (or quirk) which involves, among other things, me being unable to read some symbols correctly (eg. I will see a plus sign instead of a multiplication symbol, missing brackets, etc.) So, no matter how well I studied or practiced or understood the operations of math, my basic arithmetic would be shoddy because I didn't know for years that I was misreading the questions. I didn't learn better until Grade Nine . . . but in spite of knowing that it is my wiring and that I am not "stupid", I am still scared of simple math because of all those bad test experiences! IF I really check over my work, I can catch it.
yuck yuck yuck.
I finally achieved a part-time job this past week at a canteen/convenience store near my home. This is my first experience with cash registers and making change ALSO0 makes me nervous. Yeah, it tells you how much change to give back, but I fumble with the actual cash. If people suddenly say they have a quarter and throw it in while in the middle of my calculations, I recover a bit too slowly.
I have a small learning disability (or quirk) which involves, among other things, me being unable to read some symbols correctly (eg. I will see a plus sign instead of a multiplication symbol, missing brackets, etc.) So, no matter how well I studied or practiced or understood the operations of math, my basic arithmetic would be shoddy because I didn't know for years that I was misreading the questions. I didn't learn better until Grade Nine . . . but in spite of knowing that it is my wiring and that I am not "stupid", I am still scared of simple math because of all those bad test experiences! IF I really check over my work, I can catch it.
yuck yuck yuck.