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Geometry was the only math course I got a good grade in since leaving middle school. I love mathematical concepts and stuff, probably because we were never really taught those in school so I was still interested by the time I read up on them independently. It's only the tinkering with numbers I hate, in large part because the most of the math I was taught in school was about processing data and numbers with little attempt to have us learn the underlying concepts and such. I had one teacher who taught us those concepts, and her classes were the only ones I did well in. And despite the fact I'm a writer, I've been told many times by many people that I have a mathematical/math-oriented brain.

It disappoints me, the size of the gap between what's taught in school and what math really is. When I listen to my parents and friends talk about how they were taught math in other countries, it seems no wonder that the U.S. is falling so behind.

You know, I was always told that I had "good math concept," which confused people even more when they saw that I can't do crap with numbers. (I was an adult before I found out that this is a thing. Ask me about operational dyscalculia! :P) So I hate the tinkering with numbers part because I can't really do it. And it's kind of a bummer that I'll never get to do calculus, but eh. There are lots of other things in the world that I can do.

As an interesting aside, I've never really heard of someone who has a specifically writing-oriented brain. There are just people who write, and the stuff they write is kind of informed by the way they think and perceive the world. Which is awesome!

(I was once told that I should try writing screenplays instead of novels/stories, because I get a lot of inspiration from movies, and the way I imagine scenes is kind of movie-like. But I like doing written fiction, and the way I imagine things makes me good at writing in first-person, so nyeh! XD)

*asks about operational dyscalculia* (No, really, what is that?)

But in all seriousness, I think I have a similar issue, though with more of a quantum physics slant. I can process non-Euclidian geometry just fine, but I couldn't solve a conic equation if my life depended on it. (Fun side note: I took Algebra II, the class where you learn conic equations in my state, twice in high school, yet it wasn't until college that by chance/Wikipedia walk I learned that conic equations were derived from/based on cones. How this managed to not come up beyond a passing mention in my classes, I still don't know.)

I don't think it's necessarily a writing-oriented brain, so much as being wired for more linguistic aptitude than mathematical one. I've had a lot of people tell me my brain seems more math-oriented, yet I'm a writer and my primary hobby is creating and playing around with languages (except I'm more interested in a language's grammar and syntax, the part of learning a new language most people hate, and it's just learning the new vocabulary that I dislike, yet that's the part about languages most people are into.)

I've considered trying my hand at screenplays, actually, mostly because my writing tends to be low on the description and high on the dialogue. *shrugs* I haven't tried it yet, but I once I had that idea, I started writing as if my story were playing out on a movie screen, and once I shifted to that perspective/angle, the quality of my writing got MUCH better.

Edited 2013-09-18 12:52 (UTC)

Operational dyscalculia basically means that you understand what you're doing, but can't. It's kind of a headtrip, because I would understand what I was supposed to do right away, but actually trying to do it... Just wouldn't work.

Also, I have frustrated the hell out of everyone who has tried to teach me math or help me with math homework.
"*explains* ...Do you understand?"
"Yep!"
"Okay, then do the problems."
"*does them* Done!"
"*looks at paper* ...WTF!?"
...And this will repeat again and again until the other person realizes that they're tilting at windmills. :P

That sounds oddly familiar to me...

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