Failure is the Only Option

I couldn’t pass an algebra test until I was in college.

I was in all advanced classes, skipped two grades, and was deemed Smart by everyone who could test me.

I started working for AOL around the time I was trying to pass pre-algebra in 7th grade.

I cried after every test, even while I was being published in books about kids and the Internet.

I took the same algebra class for nearly a decade before it finally made sense in my brain.

(Turns out I have ADD and dyscalcula. I didn’t learn this about myself until my 30s.)