Monday, December 14, 2020
Carol and I met in 1967, our freshman year at Rutgers Newark, in first semester Calculus 101. We also both spent time together at the Newman Center, and later as computer programmers at PSE&G. Anyway, back to Rutgers and 1967-68: our section of Calc 101 was specifically for serious math majors. I worked hard and felt I was doing quite well. I thought I would impress the course professor, who was my advisor. But Carol ace'd all the tests and the final exam, blowing the scoring curve on all the tests for the rest of us in the class. I settled for a final grade of B. When second semester began, I was surprised to find Carol had not registered for Calc 102. I later found out that over the winter recess, she had decided to change majors because she found math "boring". What a brilliant woman!
