Friday, July 07, 2006

Studying for the GRE could never be this hard.
Analogies arent as bad as I expected them to be.
I wait for antonyms.
Sentence completions are just...
Ah.And the Reading Comprehensions.Most of the time,I dont understand whats written.I know that's hard to believe for some people but when a sentence crosses 10 words and turns into a 20 line paragraph by itself,I lose track of whats being said.And at the end of the day, I just dont give a f*** what the authors reaction is or what someones trying to say in the lines 22-24.I end up getting almost ninety percent of it wrong.All the time.Even when I do understand.I cant help it if I'm not on the same thinking wavelength as the person who chose the answer.

Math is a different story all together.Maru boy has graciously offered to teach me.I guess math flows through Marwadi blood.

"What is a trapezium?"
"Its a rectangle with a triangle on top."
If looks could kill..
But they dont do they?
So a group of vultures would've probably come out of nowhere and pecked at my flesh till there was only bone.

"What is a rhombus?"
"Its a four sided figure with all the sides parallel but not equal."
"Just think and tell me."
"I dont know."
"No just think and tell me."
"If I dont know, whats the point in me thinking and telling because I still wont know."
If looks could kill..
But they dont do they?
He would have starved my dogs for a week and thrown me to them.

"If the volume of a sphere is 4/3. pie.r^3,whats the volume of a hemisphere."
"8/3.pie.r^3."
If looks could kill...
But they dont do they?
So he did the next best thing.
He told on me to my dad!
"Uncle, shes useless.Wont get more than 200 in her GRE."
Its not a good idea to tell a Chartered Accountant that his daughter can't even divide 1 by 6.

I burst into tears and ran up to my room and slammed my door.I thought either of them would've felt bad for me and run up the stairs to console me.No they didn't.I wondered what was taking them so long only to find out they were discussing land values at Boat Club Road oblivious to the fact that I was distressed and upset.
And in utter filmi style,as the rain poured down and the winds blew heavily and the bells of the temple chimed in discord, I said to myself
"I wont take anybodys help and I'll get 800 on 800 and show those two."
And I sat down with my books.
A minute later wondered what was for dinner.
Two minutes later watched KTV with my father.
An hour later,sat on Orkut laughing over some peoples pictures.

But I still feel bad that I'm so terrible at math.I would love to blame my school on it and a bunch of useless teachers.Thats not going to do me any good now is it.I have no one else to blame but myself.
And bloody Mrs Sarala of course.
And Vinod Agarwal.
And Mrs Haridh.
Sigh.

27 comments:

Drops of Ocean said...

It isn't as bad as you think! Look who's talking abt it..yeah me. When we can get through Process calculations, BPE, momentum transfer, CRE, engg maths..you can get through this one too! Don't give up yet!

Yasser Rahman said...

Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.

Its definatly not as bad as you think it is, or its going to be. And converstaions about land prices in Boat Club is a normal thing that men do..Thats nothing to be worried about..and think about it, what could either one of them do anyway? leave the other sitting there without company and come and try consolling you, when you were in a really pissed off mood?

Im not helping here am I? But eitherway, best of luck with the preparations for the GRE :) Youl do just fine :)

Anonymous said...

I agree with maruboy - you'll flunk your GRE - not because you are dumb but because you have too many distractions!

Da Rodent said...

GRE?? Have fun :) I was smart enough not to do such crazy things :P

Anonymous said...

i totally empathise with you on the Reading Comprehensions... the darn things rattle on for so long, and then they ask us to infer something not even in the passage!!

Zaradin said...

@ sindhu-yeah but we have something called a calculator!not given up but slowly am

@ yasser-yep.you are so not helping.i'm assuming you are bad with women!pray for me.

@ bored-do ozzy and tubby count as distractions

@ da rodent-let me say something really mature. 'PO DA'

@ fatty-batty bombalattyyyyyyy what am i going to do.!i'm so terrible at math!very depressed

Da Rodent said...

uh!!!... mature? awright.

Hey., is it just math? What about that other big fat book with like full of words and stuff.. :P That thing was a piece of junk., i swear.

Anonymous said...

No, none of them count - you are your only and biggest distraction! Your dreams and your actions are opposite. Good luck controlling yourself.

Zaradin said...

@ da rodent-oh yeah.i have a bunch of words.say 3000 words to learn.and i heard in the end the words u get in the test are stuff u'd never learnt before

@ bored-i always am the problem!bored...are you a pyschology student or is this just shankar or arvind

Da Rodent said...

Haha.. it used to be fun watching all these guys muggin up all those words :P I dont know how they manage to do that..

Anonymous said...

I am neither - who are those losers?. If you are the problem FIX IT!!! or be BROKEN and BROKE forever

Ganesh Ranganathan said...

crying about GRE math....even I am better...atleast I only cry about CAT math, which by the way is a billion times tougher....

Verbal, toh thankfully CAT is easier...atleast I don't have to cram 3500 words and analogies in my head...

BEST of luck for GRE

Anonymous said...

hey, you should use the princeton review's techniques of just plugging in for anything.. it makes it easier

Movie Mazaa said...

How wud it feel if I told u, u arent alone in this world that seems to be infested with mathophiles?? Well.. here I am, still struggling with a multiplication that might involve a couple of three digit numbers. And belive me, I am at my optimistic best right now!

I hope that makes u feel better!
Do well in the exams, anywayz!
:)

Su said...

My achievements in Math

a) I wrote Engineering Math 4 times
b) In my second model exam in Math for the 12 Publics , i got 80/200.
c) I was beaming that I had passed
d) From the 8'th std, I have continually failed in either Maths 1 or Maths 2.
e) It seems to be harder for me to use it as the word ' Maths'. It seems to sound more right as ' Math'
f) I think guys who are good in Math are adorable.

Lazy Blogger said...

Why oh why? Why do you want to fall into the USA trap? Isnt madras the place to be?

Zaradin said...

@ da rodent-if u find out,let me know

@ paranoia-i think it runs in the family

@ velu-Yay!I'm feeling a lot better now!Isn't this your first time at commenting on my blog?

@ fatty-will do.there was this one book i tried using and i almost ended up crying in frustration

@ ganesh-CAT is like something I would never attempt.Its a sorry reminder that I can never ever be able to atempt math like that

@ bored-you sound like my mother.I really have to listen to you.Sigh.

Zaradin said...

@ lazy blogger-sure.i'll be cleaning test tubes my entire life.

Inder said...

ah... maths... is there a scarier subject??? i thought i would flunk at hsc maths. somehow managed to squeeze out. :P

Anonymous said...

Me - Your MOM - no way Jose'. I am too old to be your husband - too young to be your uncle - go figure! Am Cartman! Ski bi di bi di do bap do bap Do ba do bap! Wait a minute..thats Scatman! whatever!

Zaradin said...

@ inder-i got a despicable score of 126/200 in my twelfth boards.why am i doing engineering?

@ bored-blech!forget it.i hate guessing.you can enjoy your role play.

Inder said...

i think i scored 124/200. ahead of you. haha. :P

Anonymous said...

oh come on suchi....ur good in the english part cos whatever the word i ask u u seem to know the meaning which is good...and math its ok u can always come home to my dad 4 tuitions and he will irritate u by starting from the scratch :)

Zaradin said...

@ inder-idiot inder.Im 20 marks more than you!Your STILL bad at math!

@ anusha-wore self confidence u are trying to build in me.i dont know.i'm super scared.lets see.and parttttttty after i'm done!

Rambling Man said...

When I started reading this i thought i cud realte to it, but
1. reading comprehension is easy!!!
2. Math is eeeaaaaaaassssssyyy!!!!
3. Mugging up stupid bloody words id never use even if i was being eaten to death by brazilian voodoo ants !$!#%@%! !!!!

WHY DO WE HAVE TO MUG THESE STUPID WORDS UP? IM GONNA START A PROTEST GROUP ON ORKUT.

Zaradin said...

@ rambling man-shanker!its you again!not everyones a national award winner like you!besides,i think i love learning new words and making up stories with them

Anonymous said...

WRITE SOMETHING NEW! QUICK! GET ON YOUR FINGERS!