E= mc whaaaaaat

I LOVE MATH.

But I hate the simple mistakes I make in it.  I made one mistake on a quiz that cost me half a point.  I was half a point away from a perfect score, and that small gap killed my ego.  However, it was completely my fault because I didn’t look over my answers.  I never look over my answers.  I don’t know why, it’s just habit not to. Yet I always make a stupid, little mistake, and every time I COULD check my answers, I don’t, knowing that there could be a mistake to fix.

Math is my strong point.  I am the definition of asian.  I adore math, I’m in math club, I look forward to starting new topics in math......I can’t help it.

It’s a cycle.  The definition of insanity is repeating the same action many times and expecting different results.  I guess this means I’m insane, because I never change my habits.

We fall into habits so much in our every day lives, because habits make things easier.  When you follow a habit, you know what to expect, you know how to react, and everything is predictable.  We thrive in situations we’re comfortable with.  But this cycle isn’t comfortable, so it doesn’t make sense for me to stay in it.

Honestly it’s probably my math ego thinking I’m too good to check answers or make mistakes, even though inductive reasoning says otherwise.