When you get it wrong
If you think about why you got it wrong
And if you can recognize that you're not the only one who got it wrong
If you can understand that others might think that way too
You can win over countless students, friends, colleagues, companies, businesses, bosses, and clients who have made, are making, or will make the same mistake.
Not as a marketing or service concept,
but because you genuinely understood them.
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When I got a math problem wrong,
this thought suddenly occurred to me.
This must be why math remains important no matter how old you get.
My high school math teacher used to tell us to write down every step, even the simplest calculations, when solving problems.
I think this is exactly why.
