Quote Originally Posted by Cataholic View Post
It would make my life a lot simpler if I was a cashier, or someone regularly dealing with money, to have a calculator at the ready. For years, I was ashamed of my flat out inability to do even simple math calculations. I have been very, very, very poor with math- even basic "simple" math my entire life, and have a difficult time subtracting double digits, even from a hundred. Make it something like 116 - 38 = ??? and it certainly takes me a minute to figure it out.

Really, who cares? It hasn't made me a terrible person, and I have other areas of strength, for sure. But, I bet, in the darkest hour, most of us can admit we just really stink at something.

As an addendum....

I can certainly admit that I have issues with certain tasks.

However, pardon the heck out of me for trying to ensure that my daughter actually CAN do math in her head without the use of a calculator.

Being a lawyer may not require the ability to do calculations, but any technical field requires it.