This is why I studied mathematics. I didn't have to learn any facts, I just had to learn how to think. I can't do facts.
When I was about fourteen, making choices for O-level, the shape of the timetable meant that we mathematicians and scientists had to choose either history or geography. We couldn't do both; we couldn't do neither. The history teacher said to me "you should do geography". The geography teacher said to me "you should do history". So I did geography, and got a "u". Too many facts, do you see?
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on 2003-01-11 11:22 am (UTC)When I was about fourteen, making choices for O-level, the shape of the timetable meant that we mathematicians and scientists had to choose either history or geography. We couldn't do both; we couldn't do neither.
The history teacher said to me "you should do geography".
The geography teacher said to me "you should do history".
So I did geography, and got a "u". Too many facts, do you see?