my mom when I was nine: "How could you forget what five times five is? *thwack* Don't you know you have to learn calculus and shit if you don't want to be a failure in life? *smack*
me decades later, having learnt shittonnes of math but not exactly being employable and also knowing people who are bereft of such knowledge making more than her: turns out there's more to life than calculus
me decades later, having learnt shittonnes of math but not exactly being employable and also knowing people who are bereft of such knowledge making more than her: turns out there's more to life than calculus
