You mean I actually got it right?!?

I am swelling in pride at the moment, momentarily. Then I shall return to my usual state of general incompetence as I slog away at my essay. But I wont forget this moment. Moments like this don't come very often. Actually the moment I refer to occured a few hours ago at approximately 2.30ish. It was in a maths tutorial, with a legend of a tutor. Following his little intro, everyone was working on a question, or just putting on a thoughtful face so that the tutor wouldn't ask a question. In fact that is my tactic most tutorials. Sit there with a puzzled face. It's an art though. You have to look puzzled enough that they wont ask you to go through it, yet not puzzled enough to look as though you need any help. I find that if you moderately tax the brain with a problem such as what to have for lunch, whilst staring intently and flicking through your notes, the desired effect is reached.

Anyway on this one occasion I was wandering through the wilderness of mathematical madness when I stumbled upon rare jungle gold. Just like that, out of the dark and dusty cobweb filled corners of my mind came a flash of inspiration. And BANG there was the answer. I was so shocked I had to ask the affectionately named 'Maths Richard' sat next to me to check the answer. Answer checked ,I tentatively put up my hand. The very intelligence of some of the people in the room, and the fact that no one else had the answer yet, put more then a dram of caution in my mind. The tutor came over, peered at the scruffy paper, and with a voiceof bewilderment only matched by the amazement inside me, he declared that 'yes...that's right...that's perfect, exactly right'. His response should indicate that it is not often I that comes up with the answer first. Taj was in disbelief (As he knows that it is very rare for me to actually work in tutorials), however here I stand, basking in the fact that I was right.

I don't mean to sound arsey or arrogant. I think everyone would admit that when you are right, it is an amazing feeling, especially as for most people it doesn't happen very often, so yeah, just thought I'd share that feeling with y'all!