Augusten BurroughsJust as I had long suspected, a person didn't really need math for anything anyway. Maybe some people did. Some limited people.
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If you want to be a good mathematician, you have to understand the fundamental principles of mathematics. You can't just use your calculator and get results. You have to have an understanding. That's what I think the math teacher was getting at in this quote.
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