Tessandore Creative

Math Melt-Down

This is what I was staring at for most of the evening, and may I just say....aarrrggghh!  Math brought me to my knees tonight, metaphorically speaking--but only just.  I'm going to need to hire a tutor.  Finding out that math is just as hard as it always has been for me wasn't surprising, but it was so frustrating I cried all my mascara off.  Then, as we humans are apt to do--make one problem into another--I started to extrapolate that my whole future in higher education is doomed.  Finally though, I realized it's just math.  "Math and me," as one comedian said, "we broke up a long time ago and now it's just awkward whenever we see each other."  Amen.

So what do I do when I'm feeling bad?  Make art!
Out came the paperclay so I could make a few wee treasures.
The houses came first.  Admittedly, they aren't my original idea - I've seen many versions on Etsy.  But they're so cute I wanted to have a couple for my very own.  This version of a ladybug though did come from my own imagination...
I like her cute fat feet.  :)  I'll paint them all after they dry and be sure to show you when they're finished.

So...I'm ending the day a little less frustrated than I was before.  Plus, I remembered that just yesterday I turned in a paper for my Modern World History class with which I am quite pleased.  I was able to describe Vladimir Lenin's ideas of why capitalism was doomed to fail.  I was also able to write an essay answering (successfully I think) the question:  "How did World War II damage and disrupt the older order of things in terms of international relations, the global economy, and the colonial system?"  I couldn't have answered that last week, so I guess I am learning something!  Onward and upward.

~ k

Four Point Oh!

So far, so good!  I'm just heading into my 5th semester of school and I'm still at a 4.0 GPA.  Yay!  Thought I'd do a little celebrating now because next semester I have to take a math class.  *Imagine foreboding music and darkening skies here.*  A co-worker told me not to psych myself out, which is probably good advice.  When I was in high school, algebra wasn't a requirement so I never took it.  I'll be starting with pre-algebra in a couple weeks.  Wish me luck!  I'm sure I'll get through it since I'm super motivated to get here:
That's the little business card holder I'll be using once I have my own counseling practice.  :)   My mom got it for me for Christmas from a Los Angeles based Etsy shop called Rice Bowl Factory.  So awesome!

Since I haven't been able to take quite a full course load each semester (with work and all) I'm just now out of my freshman year and officially a sophomore now.  But I'm going to try to take four classes this semester.  Considering that math will be one of them, it ought to be a challenge to keep that 4.0.  Looking forward to it though.  One foot in front of the other and soon I'll be a psychologist.

~ k

p.s. Take a look at the About section on my blog (just under my photo there on the top left).  I'm expanding the focus of what I'll write about here this year, so I wanted to talk about that decision.  :)