PQ>> This sounds very much like 1940s-ish SF.  (Quite similar to the hype   
    PQ>> surrounding breaking the sound 'barrier'.)  Send more, over...   
      
    RN> I was a voracious reader back then and read anything that looked   
    RN> interesting, from murder mysteries, WWII stuff and from Sci-Fi to   
    RN> Elementary Physics, which, believe it or not, was easier for me to   
    RN> understand than Algebra 101.   
      
   Algebra is nothing more than learning how to manipulate mathematical   
   formulas. The real test comes later when you take Geometry, Trigonomitry   
   and so forth. I got As' in Algebra, but I only got Bs' in the rest. Even   
   so, I can still manipulate a mathematical formula today.   
      
   It's funny how you lose the ability to do things if you haven't used them   
   for a while. I used to be a whiz with a slide rule, but couldn't figure   
   out how it would work today. All thanks to the invention of the electronic   
   calculator.   
      
      
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