Math seems too abstract to put to any practical use. Yet linear algebra is how the world of computers works, they say. It must be a love affair with my spacial and numbers brain. The ***** is imagination And the ****** is common sense. I'm awful at creating new ideas. It is the way all those symbols make me feel stupid. How am I even supposed to know if I get the problems right without a teacher? Someone I can go to for help. I don't mean things like Google search, stackexchange, or freemathhelp. I mean someone I can rely on to always see me through a problem. In a way it's as if my math was stuck in history, and I have to come up with all the answers for the last 100 years. Like, "oh boy", too bad for civilization. Maybe my one hope right now is that I come up with a new way to find the answer. See, math requires hope. Because love gets embittered. Love gets tested. Hope but the size of a mustard seed that makes me crack the book.