Jessa

I hate algebra.

Not in the dramatic “this is ruining my life” kind of way. Just the quiet, steady hatred that comes from staring at numbers that refuse to make sense no matter how long you look at them.

I had my math book open on the kitchen table, pencil tapping against the page while I tried to figure out how someone thought letters belonged in an equation.

X plus something divided by something else equals… what?

Who invented this?

And why?

I erased my answer ...