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0 pointsexDM699y ago0 comments

> PROBLEM: It is a socially acceptable to be bad at math and I am talking 4th or 3rd grade math!

This is a huge issue and some people even take pride in being "bad at math". That's like being proud of being illiterate.

And these people hardly know what math means. They are bad in arithmetic and stopped there.

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dhimes9y ago

Totally agree. And now it's extending to all of science.

cderwin9y ago

I don't really think people in general being bad at math is a problem. The real problem is that it's somewhat socially unacceptable -- particularly among less academic people -- to be good at math.

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