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> You never did math in high school

Yes I did. Your claim is BS.

Your claim is based on no knowledge of me and what math I learned in high school and, thus, is incompetent.

Your claim is an insult to me and the math I did learn in high school.

In the article, you imply that a student's claim "I was always good at math" is poorly founded. But for some students, that student claim is correct. Your implication is based on no knowledge of me and is incompetent. Moreover, for me you claim is flatly wrong -- In high school I always was good at math. E.g., my plane geometry teacher was severe in the extreme, likely the most competent in the city, and I commonly toasted her. Your implication that the student's claim is poorly founded is an insult to my abilities at math.

The claim in your title is guaranteed to be wrong for some thousands or tens of thousands or more good US high school math students present and past.

From research in applied math, I hold a Ph.D. degree from one of the world's best research universities and have published peer-reviewed original research in applied math and, thus, know what the heck I'm talking about.

You owe many thousands of good math students a profound apology.




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