In grade school/high school my favorite class was art... loved it then, had a career in it, and still enjoy it today. In the great recession I lost my job at 50 years old and found myself back in school and looking for work again. As part of the web design certificate program I chose Algebra 1 & 2 were required... HATED every minute of it... my daughter had to help me get through the first class and in the middle of the second class I found work thank goodness... so many tears then. Algebra has no place in my world then or now!