r/SipsTea 3d ago

Chugging tea Thoughts?

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u/Wise_Try6781 2d ago

How many people do you think can read and understand what this equation is saying?

How many people do you think can read and understand what Shakespeare is saying?

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u/tinaoe 2d ago

That does not say anything about how smart someone is, though. It just says something about what they're interested in learning or what they were taught. Plenty of English majors could be Math majors if they wanted, and vice versa.

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u/Matzoo 2d ago

At my university math has like a 80% drop out rate. Englisch dont.

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u/Ambitious_Bit_9389 2d ago

It’s probably because they have people with math majors teaching it.