It all started when I woke up. It was 7'o clock AM. I got out my socks when I wondered, 1) Do I have enough socks?, 2) Am I missing any pairs of socks?, and 3) How many times have I worn each sock? I think why so much math even before I get to school?

I go to the computer and sign on to AOL and to the world wide web and think, 1) How many times have I been on this web site?, 2) How many more times will I be on it?, and 3) I typed in the wrong web address. Everything is becoming a math problem!

I have eggs for breakfast trying not to think about math but still think, 1) How many eggs am I having?, 2) How many more eggs are left, and 3) Once I finish my eggs will there be any left for mom? I think nothing about math(for the next five seconds).

I go to school and what else but math is the first 3 sessions! Will I ever escape this math curse? I hope so because I'm getting a headache.

I have to go home but once home I have to do my MATH HOMEWORK!!! I almost fall asleep when I'm up to problem 5, fractions I accidentally break my pencil in half when I get a hunch. 2 halves equal 1 whole. I draw the hole with my pencil on my sheet, fall into it and wow I'm back to normal.

Well I hoped so because when I woke up I thought about reading the same way I thought about math! I go back to sleep in a daze and that's it.
By Daniel Holzberg

I woke up at 8:00 in the morning. I just remembered I want to go to "befores" at 8:20. I said,"I will brush my teeth in 1 minute, get dressed in 1 minute, eat breakfast in 10 minutes and put on my shoes in 3 minutes. It will take 5 minutes to drive there. What if I have a knot in my shoe? What if I forgot something at home? What if I can't match my clothes?

I got there late. It was 8:25 when I got there. I came in and sat down. What if I am not on a good team? I will have to put a space between me and the good people. I got on the bad team. I got out right away. How many balls will my team have to catch until I will go in? How much time do I have left? I'm having a terrible day. Will this math curse ever go away?

A few hours later I had a math lesson. I asked myself: "What is in the middle of 200 and 400." I figured it out it is 350. I was so happy. Is my math curse about to end?

I had no trouble with the rest of my school day. Math homework was a piece of cake. It was now 9:30, my bed time. I brushed my teeth put on my pajamas and went to sleep.
by Michael Sheffy

Here's a math curse that can only become worse. It starts in a swoop and ends with a pooped...person.My day began with a 7:00 sign on my t.v. Then I went to my soccer game. Making a joke I told a kid to kick the ball 55 feet.He took it seriously and kicked the ball over all the bleachers and the fence. It ended up a flat ball in the middle of the street. We tied the game 1 to 1.if we had the same score how could we have gotten 2 goals. The answer is we could have scored for the other team but of corse we didn't.We got home. I played hopscotch. I landed on 8. If next I landed on 1 it would be 9. But there are only 8 numbers on a hopscotch board. Boy, has math gotten me crazy. We went for lunch and I ate 9 fries. My brother ate 10 and my aunt ate 19. How many in all? My dad went for a friends birthday. If she was born 1948 how old is she? We started to cook.If we used an 8 by 12 pot and cooked it on 495 digrees it would explode. We only cooked it on 395. It was good. I called my mom. 482-3303. I went to bed. It was 10:58
By: Julie Kerner age: 9 and 3 4ths

One day I woke up and went to school. My teacher said that everything can be math. Then when I got home I ate an apple I said to myself how many ingredients are there in an apple? That's math.

Then I did my homework which was to study for a spelling test. I thought to myself. If I have 16 spelling words, how many letters in all the 16 words put together? That's math. I was getting annoyed.

Then I practiced piano. All of a sudden in the middle of a song I thought how many pianos in the whole world? That's math. I was getting really annoyed.

Then I saw TV and I thought how many channel's in all the TV's in my house put together? That's math. I was going crazy.

Then I ate dinner and we had rice I thought to myself how many pieces of rice in the bowl? That's math.

Then later that night I looked out the window I saw alot of stars. I thought to myself how many stars in the whole world? That's math. I went crazy and went to sleep.

The next day my teacher said that everything can be English.
By Ori Hollander

When I woke up and looked at the time, it's math. I think it is weird. I went to drink some water, how much water did I drink? How much water can fill up my cup? I am getting worried. When I was getting the bread, I found out something bad. How many degrees does it take? How long does it take? I am going to die soon! How much milk did I drink? How much milk does it take to fill up my bowl? That was no relief. I put cereal in my bowl. I made a bad mistake. How much cereal did I eat? How much cereal does it take to fill up my bowl? This is bad. How much water did I use to wash my hands? How much water does it take to fill up the sink? This is a bad mistake. I went to brush my teeth. That was a bad mistake. How many bristles are on my toothbrush? How many teeth do I have? How many teeth did I lose? How many adult teeth do I have? How many baby teeth do I have? How many teeth didn't I lose? How much water did I use? Since I use an electric toothbrush, how much electric did I use? This is a bad day. I went out to see the dentist. That was a relief except how many teeth did he pull in a day? I came home at four. I practiced my clarinet. That was a big relief. I went to eat some fruit. That was the worst mistake of the day. How many seeds in all the fruits that I ate are there?
Richard

On Tuesday Mrs.Weisenthal said, "Class you can think of every thing as a math problem,". On Wednesday I started having problems. I get up at 7:00 the bus leaves at 9:00. How much time do I have?__________hours. I have 22,00 shirts, my mom has 99,000, and dad has 11,000. How many shirts are there?________shirts. I go down stairs, my mom asks, "Want pancakes?" "No, I have school", I reply. "You do not, it is Yom Kipper, Jaime", my mom answers. On the box it said: 1 egg, 2 cups milk, 5 cups mix. It also said "multiply for more,". How many cups of milk, cups of mix, and how many eggs if there were 2 pancakes?_____eggs____cups of mix______cups of milk. I have 10 dresses, and I need one for temple. True or false: I will wear 1 dress. The service starts at 1:00 and ends at 9:00. How long is the service?_____ hours. I go to sleep. When I get up life is back to normal.
by Jaime Barak 2 142,00 8 true 2 10 4 `

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