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Math Pessimism, Edited: Too Slow

February 3, 2016

'I'm too slow' becomes 'I go slowly through ideas that took humanity centuries.'

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2016-02-03-math-pessimism-edited-too-slow/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

[Before] "I'm no good at math. I'm just too slow."

[After] "I'm ~~no~~ so good at math! I just prefer to go slowly through intellectual achievements that took humanity dozens of centuries the first time 'round."

Topics
Math Culture › Math Anxiety & AttitudesMath Culture › Fixed vs. Growth MindsetMath Culture › History of MathMath Culture › Productive Struggle
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All Ages
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Growth MindsetInspirationFor Teachers (Classroom Satire)History & Holidays