[tenacious_tuna]

I hadn't thought of sheet music in this context before; that's a helpful counter-example, thanks.

Broadly I agree; the semantic density of domain-specific language is often required to operate well in that domain. I disagree some with the "Math doesn't start on hard mode," but I think that's just bikeshedding at some level.

The endemic "I just don't understand math" that my (American) peers have espoused, to me, points to a failure in our (American, public school) instruction practices around it.