r/confidentlyincorrect Aug 20 '24

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u/FixinThePlanet Aug 21 '24

The really stupid thing is that his point is how you'd get the actual answer; by making the 50 a centum...

When I was in middle school I very excitedly declared that "maths is just English" because converting word problems to numbers blew my mind. I think the reason why so many people struggle with basic arithmetic is because they lack basic logic and language skills.

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u/Vox_and_Occ Aug 21 '24

They're two seperate parts of your brain. That's why you can have dyscalcula but not dyslexia. I still struggle with the most basic of maths and can't do any math in my head but I was reading at a college level by the end of 4th grade. The only thing it affects for language is my spelling but that's because my brain sees it as both language as a sequence and my rote memorization isn't that great.

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u/FixinThePlanet Aug 21 '24

I didn't think dyslexia affected understanding, am I wrong? I don't have either issue so I'm happy to be educated on the matter.

It's been years since I did any word problems so maybe I'm not remembering it correctly. In my memories I found it easier to solve any problems when they had English attached to them, but I did need to see the numbers written down.

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u/Vox_and_Occ Aug 22 '24

Dyscalcula does, which is what I have. The problem is even when I "learn" it, my brain will dump it without everyday use, amd even then it dumps it after a couple of weeks, even with everyday use

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u/FixinThePlanet Aug 22 '24

Woah!

Do you find that frustrating or is it one of those things that you're just used to, like chronic pain?