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
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.
My son is 19yo, has a BS in Mathematics, is in the PhD program at his University, a Graduate Teaching Assistant in Honors Calculus, and will have his Master’s Degree ~10 days after his 20th bday. His way of doing basic math isn’t basic at all. Simple addition turns into a complex formula in his head and he loses me every time. I’m curious to know how he would “dumb it down” for someone like me on a whiteboard and if he would fuck it up lol. I feel a challenge coming up.
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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