Math versus Verbal

So once again I was just over visiting my good friend Annie Modesitt's blog and was once again thrown into a deep depression. Well, actually, it is probably more a fit of jealousy than depression. Let me explain!

Most of our lives we hear (and see evidence of) that people tend to be strong in math and science skills OR they tend to be strong in language and verbal skills. Although I believe it to be more of a cultural thing, men fall in the math camp whiled women fall in the verbal camp. I always thought that it was cool that I was "unique" being female and very strong in math skills.

But then you meet people like Annie and I just want more! If I were to ask her, she would probably say that her strength is in the verbal arena, and it is clear from reading her blog, but I know her math skills are nothing to sneeze at. And then with all that, where does creativity fall?

So the question remains, are we really math or verbal dominant, or can we have it all?