math class

i was good at plus and minus

got times and divided

geometry? a bit harder

algebra?

really tough for me

(what the fuck is X?)

half way thru the year

i am not doing well...

on the bus one morning

i sat next to jimmy

(he later became nypd blue
got shot on the job-now owns an eatery nearby)

he asked: "did you do your homework?"

no

me neither- i thought i'd do it during spanish

you do the first 5

i'll do the last 5

we'll exchange and submit...

at class

a few days later...

mr tanner

mr's paul and jimmy

see me after class...

you guys got 5 right and 5 wrong with exactly the same answers...

what gives?

1st tell me who got the 5 right


PS: later at a parent - teacher confab

mr tanner said i remember another son from a summer school-i have now seen light lightbulbs glow bright in both their heads...

PSS: my "lightbulb" lit when Popa explained how to figure batting average

and E.R.A.'s

(now we have bill james, saber-metrics and the elias sports bureau)

{evolution- Shh-it scares some...}