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I think I finally understand math.
The numbers have always intimidated me. There’s a right answer or there’s a wrong one. A teacher writes some numbers on the board or corrects them on your test, and you see right there whether you understand the proofs and the problems or you don’t.
And I never have. Before now.
But now I see that math is just a series of steps. Small, logical steps. You take them one by one and don’t worry about the outcome as you go. The answer will come. It might surprise you, it might not be at all what you expected, but you know that it will be right. Because you didn’t skip anything. You started at the beginning and you followed it through. You never gave up until the answer was finally there. The equation is complete. Then you can stand back and look at it a
