老师声称代数是完美而自然的、我们应无条件地接受它，而我甚至不能理解什么是数。对我来说数学课完全就是恐怖和折磨。我完全不理解代数，这使我胆怯得不敢问任何问题。

The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.

Where all extremes and oppositions vanish, there lies Nirvana.