Narrator (Math Curse) Quotes

“In the afternoon, every subject is a problem. Social studies is a geography problem.”

“I’ve broken the math curse. I can solve any problem.”

“I look in my closet, and the problems get worse: I have 1 white shirt, 3 blue shirts, 3 striped shirts, and that 1 ugly plaid shirt Uncle Zeno sent me.”

“Mrs. Fibonacci has obviously put a math curse on me. Everything I look at or think about has become a math problem.”

“On Monday in math class Mrs. Fibonacci says, ‘You know, you can think of almost everything as a math problem.’ On Tuesday I start having problems.”

“I’m about to really lose it, when the lunch bell rings. Unfortunately for me, lunch is pizza and apple pie. Each pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. Each pie is cut into 6 equal slices. And you know what that means: fractions.”

“English is a word problem: if mail+box=mailbox: Does lipstick-stick=lip.”

“In Art we finally got to relax with a connect-the-dot picture. Too bad it turns out to be a connect-the-ancient-Mayan-numerals picture.”

“There are 24 kids in the class. Rebecca has 24 cupcakes. So what’s the problem? Rebecca wants Mrs. Fibonacci to have a cupcake, too... I raise my hand and tell Mrs. Fibonacci I’m allergic to cupcakes. Everyone believes me and gets on cupcake. No one has to figure out fractions.”

“I stagger out of school. I’m a math zombie now. I have to find something to break this math curse. I decide to try chocolate.”