My High-School Math Experience

 Leaving the 5th grade and entering the 6th....there was bump-up in terms of 'hard-stuff'.  We had a older lady (early 60) as a math teacher....who had the method....home-work assigned at the end of class, with the hour the next day....everyone sent to the board to draw the problem (from the home-work).  Out of 24-odd people....maybe four understood the problem (or got help the previous night). 

We suffered for 50-odd minutes....with only about one-third  of the folks getting the problem right. Key issue....even if they draw the problem and right solution....they could not explain how they arriveed at the end.

The teacher?  Mostly marginal competent at the math-crap.  Around mid-way in the year....she has health issues, and is replaced by someone even more dimwitted than her.

Sixth-grade achievements?  Zero (for me)..

Seventh-grade math....new instructor....same method.....same problem with the teacher really not capable of getting a problem across.

Eighth-grade math.....new instructor....same method.....same problem.  

Ninth-grade math....new instructor.....same method....same problem.

If you asked me....of 24 folks....four understood the formula crap...with another four getting older brothers/sisters giving them some marginal help.  The rest? Still at 5th grade level (this was early 1970s....rural Alabama).

10th grade.....I change schools, and the new math instructor hands the book out and says....USE the book and examples.

Over the course of three weeks....I progressed from 5th grade level to 10th grade level...simply reviewing the book examples, and methods.

By this work-at-your-own-pace....around  early January.....I had completed the entire course (tested out).

If you asked me about the four years of wasted math instruction?  I'd say the instructors weren't that capable of math (in the first place). Having a degree in math?  I seriously doubt it....they probably had some teaching degree 'deal'.  

This being the 'norm'?  I kinda wonder about that.

Under Islam, Is There A Precise List Of Haram Problems?

 NO.

Explaining haram?  Well...generally, anything that gives you pleasure and can be identifed....is on a list of things called haram (meaning you should avoid).

Example....if you had a bicycle and rode it to chill-out/relax....it would be on a haram list.  If you rode it strictly to reach work....it would not be haram.

So there cannot be a single precise, exhaustive, or universally agreed-upon list of everything that is haram.

There being things on one haram list....by one group...involving technology or medical stuff....being 'bad', but if you were a different group member....it'd be on the good list?  Yeah.

Magic-BS or fortune-telling?  Usually on the bad list.  Same story for gambling or bribery.

Sexual matters?  Well....it depends on the leadership interpretation....some might suggest being happy after sex....being a bad-thing....while another group would suggest being happy in any form....being a good thing.

All of this leading to confusion?  At some point....when folks ask enough questions....things get to a point of making little sense.

Engaging in a discussion with a Muslim guy on haram, and trying to make sense?  It's not likely to make sense.  Even the Muslim guy will admit it.  

In the end....to make public perception positive....it's always wise (if a member of this group) to say you are always unhappy....no matter what you are doing, and just fake it.