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    Originally Posted by elizabethmom
    Kriston - your sentence "Don't mistake arithmetic for math" is genius. I have to think about that.

    Those are words I live by too. I have a BS in math and I always like to say, I'm really good at calculus. Not so good at adding and multiplying. Completely different skills! We definitely separate them out at our house.

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    Originally Posted by kimck
    Originally Posted by elizabethmom
    Kriston - your sentence "Don't mistake arithmetic for math" is genius. I have to think about that.

    Those are words I live by too. I have a BS in math and I always like to say, I'm really good at calculus. Not so good at adding and multiplying. Completely different skills! We definitely separate them out at our house.


    This is so true! I have a degree in Accounting and people assume that means that I'm good at math...NOT!


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