lol! I wish! I always made the joke that if I ever won the lottery, I’d become a professional student; see how many additional degrees I could earn before I die.

PTSD? Were you just overwhelmed by all of the derivatives you had to memorize and the rules for integration? It can be a little overwhelming at first. I always liked u-substitution. It felt like a puzzle. You’re absolutely right. I think when you’re in your twenties, you’re filled with so much how for how you’re going to apply all of this newly acquired knowledge to your future job field, and then after thirty, the realization sets in that you might not keep advancing in your area of study; instead just be applying years of prior knowledge to complete tasks and train others. I mean, consider complex analysis, it’s a trip, and I could watch some cool videos on YouTube to relearn it all, but at age 35, I find myself wondering what else I’ll do with it, or if I’m neglecting some household chore, or errand I’m supposed to be doing.

There’s a pretty good chance that if you walk into a club, looking to grab a drink, and the first person you meet says something along the lines of, “Eh, baby wan sum fuq?”, that person probably won’t have a very diverse set of novels upon their shelf at home. That’s just my view. If he feels the same, I understand.

Isn’t it a great book? The calculus series were some of my favorite courses.

You can tell which years money was really tight by which ones are paperback. Some of my hardbacks were bought used, though, to save money, too. I love the way hardback books look on a shelf when you’re done reading them. They just cost so much more, than paperback, though.

Only once, actually. I majored in mathematics, but I began as a biology major.