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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BillM" data-source="post: 3978903" data-attributes="member: 45785">The only teacher I would do that for is the guy who supposedly taught me Algebra 1 & 2. I did not get it. Way too concrete operational, ATT. And when I asked him why I needed this algebra crap, he said "So you can graduate from high school." Being more than a bit of hard head, I said "Oh, yeah?" This was 1970 & 1971. IF he'd told me I needed to become an Astronaut, I'd have worked my butt off, and probably actually learned something. I'd spent much of 1969 and 1970 glued to a television whenever there was a moon shot going up. I wanted to be an Astronaut!!! ****tard couldn't be bothered to explain it to me so I could understand, and he did not even know what it was used for!!! Or couldn't be bothered to explain that, either. I should not have passed either class. By the time I had found out what Algebra was good for, I was a "grown ***ed man," as one of the Rapper-types said recently. That is probably THE first time that I'd like to go back and kick my younger self's tailsection up around his ears for his stupidity. And explain to him why. He still might not have been bright enough to figure things out, but maybe I could also kick the teacher's tailsectioin the same day. Pretty sure that even at my current old and broken down stage of life, I could take the algebra teacher unarmed and bare-handed. While I was there, I'd also stop by and thank the English teacher and the Typing teacher. Both did me great good service! Considering that I flunked every class but one my freshman year of HS, and only passed it because I aced all the tests even though I didn't turn in a bit of homework. That was Health 1-H, California's first Sex Ed class. Mom and step-Mom both made sure my brother and I knew what caused pregnancy. Both got preggers out of wedlock with my dad.</blockquote>

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