Real-life Numbers

Mathematics is not just about numbers but also of life lessons.

Many students find Math difficult, but I couldn’t blame them. Mathematics is such a complicated subject with all those problems, but it is actually what makes Math fun and challenging. We had been studying Mathematics and its concepts ever since. We had always been wondering, “Why do we need to know these things?” However, here’s a truth: Mathematics is a challenge to deal with, not a phobia to be afraid of.

Math is just easy, or we rather say, was easy. It is just about understanding. Math was just so simple way back as a child just like life. As time passes by, we find its real job. Math is not just a subject but a guide. It brings many lessons as life becomes complicated. From numbers alone to numbers mixed with letters. From scraped knees to lower grades to broken hearts. Mathematics is all about life.

Math has been our guide as we go on with our journey. It teaches us to be very careful with the signs. It also made us realize that just like an equation, in order to gain the most, we need to know how to convert negatives into positives. We have also learned that no matter how much we have in common with some people, just like parallel lines, we would never meet. Likewise, just like an asymptote, even how very close we are with some folks, we could never be together. And then there is tangent line who we only had one chance to meet and then parted forever.

Mathematics may not teach us how to breathe oxygen, and how to exhale carbon dioxide, or to love a friend or to forgive an enemy; it may not help us find our way to our one true love, but it gives us every reason to hope that every problem has a solution and that those problems are meant to be simplified, not to make them more complicated.

If we do not believe that Mathematics is simple, it is only because we do not realize how complicated life is. The essence of Mathematics is not to make simple things complicated but to make complicated things simple. Math is a tool that clarifies thinking, decision-making, and understanding everyday life.