# I got an A in algebra **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 17, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-a-in-algebra/644234 "2012-12-17T00:02:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-a-in-algebra/644234/41 "2012-12-18T01:11:35Z")
Good for you, **Frank**! A weird, random fact about my high school math career: In my later high school years, I sucked at math… yet it’s the only subject I’ve ever gotten 100% in. ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-a-in-algebra/644234/42 "2012-12-18T02:50:32Z")
Congratulations! I had to crawl through math from remedial to statistics and none of it was easy but I’d still call those Bs some of my proudest accomplishments. And you! Getting an A! Isn’t it amazing what we can do once we decide to do it? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-a-in-algebra/644234/43 "2012-12-18T03:09:52Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > I’m 55. I’m a ninth-grade dropout. This is the first time I’ve ever studied math beyond kitchen arithmetic. > > I’m pleased. And, frankly, surprised. Mazel tov! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-a-in-algebra/644234/44 "2012-12-18T05:07:49Z")
Congrats, **Frank**! not an easy thing to do. And, welcome back! I’ve been a bit worried that you’d dropped off the face of the Earth last April. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-a-in-algebra/644234/45 "2012-12-18T05:11:54Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > And, welcome back! I’ve been a bit worried that you’d dropped off the face of the Earth last April. I should also add a “welcome back,” **Frank**. It is good to see you here again! ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-a-in-algebra/644234/46 "2012-12-18T12:55:47Z")
Good for you! I love Algebra. I use it often in real life. (Unlike Trigonometry. Brr!) ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-a-in-algebra/644234/47 "2012-12-18T18:41:28Z")
Good on ya, Frank! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-a-in-algebra/644234/48 "2012-12-18T18:56:59Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > What’s the value of _x_? > > StG Well, they’ll _tell_ you it’s fifteen bucks, but you just _know_ they’re going to turn around and sell it to some other schmoe for forty-five. No sense being resentful, I guess. Guy’s got right to try to make a living… ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-a-in-algebra/644234/49 "2012-12-18T19:06:34Z")
Well done, btw. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-a-in-algebra/644234/50 "2012-12-18T22:33:40Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Nice job! Are you going for a GED, or just learning math for fun? I did the GED decades ago. This is for an associate degree at a community college. If it goes well, I’ll take that to a four year school. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-a-in-algebra/644234/51 "2012-12-19T00:59:58Z")
Congrats! I also earned an A in my precalc 30 course I just took. Best Math mark I ever had. I’m 30. Feels pretty good to achieve victory in an area I wasn’t strong in when I was in High School. ---
**Author:** ![D-bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@D-bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D-bear)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-a-in-algebra/644234/52 "2012-12-19T07:00:32Z")
Congrats Quasimodal! Seems like we could form a club here… ---
**Author:** ![NIKI50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/958977/32.png) [@NIKI50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NIKI50)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-a-in-algebra/644234/53 "2012-12-22T12:42:24Z")
Hell yeah Quasimodal!🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-a-in-algebra/644234/54 "2012-12-22T15:04:05Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > What’s the value of _x_? > > StG 3 Once I figured that out algebra was a breeze. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-a-in-algebra/644234.md?page=2)