Today is the third anniversary of the Maths Pop Quiz I participated in.
I remember my maths teacher telling six of us wait behind at the end of the lesson. We were surprised, and although there was some excitement, it was mostly hope and worry mixed inside us.
As soon as I found out, I knew I wanted to do it - well, enough to accidentally leave the consent form by the till in the school cafeteria as I bought my lunch!
Less than a fortnight later the big day arrived. It went by very quickly, a mixture of unbelievably easy and impossibly hard questions. The thing I really remember is Maria, one of the team members, counting up the total score.
"Fourteen out of twenty," she said.
We hadn't won. We knew it.
What inspires me is how little it meant to me. I had a carefree, 12 year old attitude I wish I had now. Life would be so much rosier!
I try to take from this challenge that position is irrelevant; what is really important is enjoying yourself and discovering new things you'd never thought of before.
I'm so grateful for that opportunity all that time ago!
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