Brainfreeze

A few years ago I watched a documentary about feral children. Most of the kids struggled with language because they'd been isolated for so long that they'd never developed the part of the brain that deals with communication. Once the brain doesn't develop certain things at certain ages it closes off the areas with the brain that process these aspects of thought.

I have to take a maths test for the job I interviewed for on Friday morning. If I don't pass the test I don't get the job. It's as simple as that. I tried the practice tests online this evening and I felt like one of those feral kids trying to recite Gravity's Rainbow. I used to be very good at mental arithmetic but I've become so reliant on calculators and computers that the part of my brain that processes long division, subtraction, multiplication and addition and has long seized up. I had a glass of red wine with my evening meal (Chicken Korma) beforehand which didn't aid my concentration but it felt like the thoughts were going through my brain and getting to a door marked "NO ENTRY". I know that I can practice and regain the techniques required to do the Maths but I don't know if can do it by Tuesday. I've been told that the real test is not as hard as the practice test. That better be the case or I can banish all thoughts of getting the job.