3 Statistics (1)

Don't let the title fool you. This isn't about statistics at all. Well actually, it kind of is, but it's more about my statistics class with J. We were in the same statistics class our senior year of high school, and I think that's when we really developed our friendship.

Before class would start, I would already be in my seat during passing period. That's the kind of student I was, the one who always showed up early to class. Yeah, yeah, teacher's pet and stuff but that's another chapter for some other time.

But every time J walked through the door, I could feel myself light up. I was always happy to see him. J would walk in and sit behind me, then pull out his Nintendo or his phone and show me what he's been doing with Pokémon and FEH. And he always explained to me what was going on because I never grew up with those kinds of things. Occasionally, he would have me do some fun stuff with his games, such as pick a character type to get in FEH or move around the battlefield in the game.

The fun times never ended; he taught me a lot of different things and introduced me to things I've never experienced before. Most of all, he made classes fun, at least for me. And showing me the fun things he was doing on his phone or his Nintendo was only the beginning of what he did for me.

I'll never look at math the same way again.

Nor will I ever be able to remember why a+b=1 but b isn't equal to 1-a (1). What the heck, when will I ever need this stuff? But don't let the "you'll never have to use what you learn in high school in real life" speech fool you, especially you high school students out there; life comes at you in weird ways and I'll probably have to use statistics again someday. But at least I'll be able to remember enjoying math because of J.

(1) This is a real statistics formula, but I didn't have the right variables to write it in, so bear with me!