A worksheet in front of you, hundreds of numbers and X’s along with the notable + ‘s and – ’s. The scent of the newly sharpened pencil in your hand. The worksheet chomping at your pencil, ready for you to attack it. A game is what it seems like to you, a puzzle. Problem by problem, solving for X or Y, figuring out shapes, slope, or just proving your right. The sense as you finish each problem passing as a wave of relief.
After, the grading of each problem seems as tense as two knots being pulled from each side. The entire class, all sitting in silence, eagerly waiting for their results, some more terrified than others because it is not just your grade on the line, your pride. You receive your grade, your heart thumping, thump, thump, thump. You get an A+, all stress running away from you is truly just awesome.