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submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 5 months ago (13 children)

I was denied a mathematics education, for real. I can't even do long division, nevermind that squiggly F shit. I thought that stuff was only for astrophysicists.

I want to learn basic maths, but I'm in a 'learned helplessness' mindset where I can't even get through basic sums and equations intended for children (I'm old as fuck now).

I was diagnosed with autism a few years back, which kinda made no sense. I would have expected rainman powers, but numbers just don't jive with my cunt of a brain. Maths is as inscrutable to me as people's faces or social cues.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I did an honors math+cs degree. I'm pretty good at advanced math. I never learned long division. Don't feel bad about that.

(In case any other mathy people read this and wonder how I could understand ring theory without Euclid's division algorithm, relax)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

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