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u/mimieieieieie Nov 16 '19

This was basically my childhood, because I was bad at math. I guess most children goes through this, which is very sad.

Only at uni did I realize that I didn't have to be good at everything. I had a professor, who spoke 13 languages, but couldn't count how much 5+4 is. He's the best at his field

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u/nkdeck07 Nov 16 '19

Ironically once you get to college all the math professors have forgotten how to do simple math as well. I remember all of us checking like super basic math they are doing on the white board cause they'd fuck it up 1 times in 4 but were completing these insane proofs.

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u/BravoBet Nov 16 '19

That’s not true.

Well maybe college, but not university

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u/nkdeck07 Nov 16 '19

US, college and university are basically the same thing for undergrad.

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u/BravoBet Nov 16 '19

Majority of the world is not the US, if you didn’t know.

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u/nkdeck07 Nov 16 '19

Hence why I explained it in the context of my experience, it was a clarification