(another form of) subtraction

 2013

-1971

_____

a funny thing happened on the way to bed last night

for the third night in a row

mathematics came for a visit

and Miles was not happy to see him.

Subtraction

the fine art of taking something away 

and leaving something behind

but how do you do it?

borrow one on the top

pay it back on the bottom

right?

or t least that's how I do it.

I had made an assumption

that because I had learnt that way

that was the way it was done

and therefore everybody did it that way.

Wrong!

Yogagirl was taught to scrub out 

the numbers as you go

and Miles was understandably confused.

I'm not saying its

my way or the highway.

but I learnt something pretty

fundamental.

our knowledge and how we acquired it

is totally unique

and there is always more than one way

to skin a cat.

which I guess is another form 

of subtraction.