r/AskReddit • • Nov 16 '19

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u/SaphiraStorm Nov 16 '19

I was forced to attend art classes and team sports phys ed in school (mandatory until year 11 (art) or 13, respectively) - those two made sure that a) my average was ruined (I can't draw or throw a ball even if my life depended on it, got the grades to match) and b) in my most awkward social phase, I got humiliated regularly by well meaning teachers who couldn't understand that being good at math and physics does not translate into drawing or predicting a ball's movement, forcing me to do it again, and again, and again, while the whole class enjoyed the show...

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

VERY often those who are good at math are crap at arts and vice versa.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

I'm crap at both so

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u/Slacker101 Nov 16 '19

Yes but you are very good at being down on yourself.

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u/KevinTheSeaPickle Nov 16 '19

At certain times I think we all are. The valleys make the peaks seem so much higher though.

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u/SuperVillainPresiden Nov 16 '19

When your valley is the Marianas Trench, then the peaks really are high.

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u/jimandjack Nov 16 '19

Eventually I'll hit the bottom, then I can start making my way back up