Ridoraba 3rd Boss got nerfed ?

[Vhailor]

And look, math in general is rough precisely because most people's lives don't deal with symbolism and abstraction to high levels. People learn calculation by rote teaching and drilling, but go to a community college basic algebra class, and you find a lot of adults struggle with that. You don't go out and calculate how tall of a ladder you need by geometry when you need to get to the roof, like the word problems say. If you are in STEM careers, that abstraction is very valuable because so much of that work is logical and symbolic, but I don't think most people would pass a basic algebra test if it were administered.

I taught pre-calc and calculus courses as a graduate teaching assistant for four years at a flagship state university. Given that half the students I encountered there couldn't pass a basic algebra test - despite being relatively fresh from high school, and accepted to a university no less - I can assure you, the above statement is entirely accurate.