Newerways

I recently started a new job where every task comes with an instruction list. Miss one detail? And rejections are what you get as reward points. The problem was mathematical, which I could not figure out. And working remotely made it more challenging. I then did what any rational mind does: I blamed the software, the trainers, and all. Then I did what a modern professional does. I Googled it on my laptop. Then I Googled it on my phone. Then I Googled it with my feelings. Search after search. Tab after tab. Still wrong. Wow. Google has fallen. Finally, I brought it up with an expert. She spotted the error in seconds. And that's when the humbling realization hit me Google wasn’t wrong. I was. Turns out, sometimes the problem isn't the search engine, the system, the remote setup, or the tabs. Sometimes the user just needs better firmware for their brain.

I was no wizard, still scared of Mathematics as I was before in my schooldays. Maths included arithmetic, algebra, and geometry. I was good in algebra and geometry, but arithmetic failed me at every step. Multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction scared me then and continue to do the same even today. Careless mistakes were a rule the more I tried the more disastrous were the results. This vicious cycle ended only when I opted for biology in class twelve. Math is an integral part of life, this realisation helped me lay stronger foundations for my children. My progeny inheriting my math gene was a scary thought. I slipped everywhere in life in all the calculations, but I never wished this for my children so, I decided to give them a head start. A mathematical mind which I craved even for myself. The early remembrances of mathematical marvels were my maternal grandmother and her sister who could do oral calculations of the grocery bought by their staff and the transactional di...