Blast From the Past - Sweet 17! *

OMG! When I got tagged with this long lost class photo at Facebook today, I was taken aback! Of course I've totally forgotten about this photo but it sure did bring back a lot of memories of my school days. Thank you very much to my classmate and friend Yasmin for putting it up.

I present to you the class of 1990, 5 Arts 1!

5 Arts 1, 1990 (Assunta Secondary School, PJ)

I see my two good friends Cal and Shyam here but can you spot ME in this picture? The first blogger to tweet me @Mariuca (don't forget to follow me first) with the right answer will WIN a FREE ad space in my top left sidebar for a week!

Ha ha ha, let's see who can find me first! Oh to be 17 again!

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I Hate Math! **

Still on lazy mode but thought I'd update my blog with a fun quiz from Blogthings. I've never liked Math and it's a miracle how I passed the class! Anyway, this is what hating Math in school has to say about me, which is actually not bad at all and sounds more like Mariuca!

Care to share your least favourite subject in school with me?

Disliking Math Says You Are Expressive

You are an expressive, passionate, and spontaneous person. For you, math is way too cold a subject. You dislike how black and white it is. - I need variety and lots of colours! While some people have extreme passion for math, that would take far more work than you're willing to put in. - What can I say? What you're into changes like the wind, and you could never be forced to choose one thing. You have to be free to follow what you love. - Gotta follow my heart!

What Does Your Least Favorite School Subject Say About You?

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Math and Me!

While watching Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader on TV two nights back, I was caught up in one of the Math questions posed to a contestant. I forget for which grade it was but the question went something like this. If there are 13 cattle and each one gave birth to 4 calves, how many cattle and calves do you have in total? It seemed easy enough but to calculate it in your mind without pen or paper, while under pressure of winning 50,000 dollars if you get the answer right; well it all could be very confusing.

I came up with the answer 65 before the contestant did. She repeated the question twice before hesitantly confirming the answer to be 65. I don't blame the contestant for being a little thrown off track. You can very well excel in Math but when any Mathematical question is thrown your way on the spot; I too would need a little time to compute it in my head!

Back in school, I hated anything that had to do with Math. It was my least favourite subject and I admit coming to school early just so I could copy off my friend's homework! Later in college, Precalculus was my worst nightmare; which eventually saw me getting help from a Calculus tutor. That helped me pass but it still didn't make me like Math or Calculus any better.

Today, students are lucky in the sense that tutoring is made available to them in a much easier way especially on the internet. Did you know that you can get Calculus help or Precalculus help online?

As one of the world's leading tutoring company, TutorVista offers an incredible unlimited monthly tutoring package for only $99.99 a month. Tutoring is available 24 hours a day so help is always within reach should you need it. If you're uncertain about paying this much for help, you can always try the Free calculus help and Free precalculus help demo for first time users. From there you can gauge the potential and advantages of using this service prior to making your purchase decision.

I hope this bit of information will help some of you out there. If you're having problems with your studies, get the right form of assistance, the proper professional way. Do not resort to shortcuts like coming to school early to copy your friend's assignment like me!

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