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by vector_spaces 565 days ago
I agree that the system is garbage. School ruins math -- but I just want to share that nothing stops you from revisiting math later as a fully actualized adult, without the bullshit time constraints and grade pressure. Math isn't well suited to time pressure -- in my view math is about spending lots of time with ideas and playing with them and taking risks and making dumb guesses, it's moonshot through and through. At its core is play, and time pressure doesn't serve anyone well.

Anyway, if you were interested in it, you can always revisit it, and even try taking a class again if you ever want to. There are lots of great books out there for self-learners, and lots of communities of folks learning together