# I miss my wife ...or... A discussion with my family

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**Created:** [February 9, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-my-wife-or-a-discussion-with-my-family/959138 "2022-02-09T04:28:12Z")\
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Sometimes I get bored so I read the updated info on dyscalculia and stand in awe of how messed up I am

It is common for students with dyscalculia to have normal or accelerated language acquisition: verbal, reading, writing, and good visual memory for the printed word. They are typically good in the areas of science (until a level requiring higher mathematics skills is reached), geometry (figures with logic not formulas), and creative arts.

Literally couldn’t advance in science in high school because I couldn’t get into higher math classes. I have said for years I’m better at geometry than algebra because algebra is fake

The only reason I can do anything in school is because I spent 5 years in pharmacy doing mental algebra all day long. God forbid I need to learn a different formula because that is not happening.

I’m reading now how to teach kids with dyscalculia and it’s literally a list of how I function ! 😂

“Encourage students to work extra hard to “visualize” mathematics problems. Draw them or have them draw a picture to help understand the problem, and make sure that they take the time to look at any visual information that is provided (picture, chart, graph, etc.)”

**Thing 2**  
We also can’t and I mean CANNOT visualize math in our minds’ eye, so drawing helps a lot

BUT I also have inattentive ADHD so it’s hard for me to look at pictures so ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯

**Me** :  
Did you guys inherit ANYTHING from your mother?

**Oldest** :  
No? What do you mean?  
Oh genetics.

You don’t think this didn’t come from her too?

**Me** :  
she covered it up well.

**Oldest** :  
I got her bruja shit, I know that

I have been called “a calming influence” at work by multiple people

I’m not calming but I know how to manipulate the energy of a room

People sleep when I watch them.

**Thing 2** :  
I can read people accurately and quickly and can manipulate them to like me really easily.

Mom gave me that one !

I like to manipulate people, too, just like mommy did !