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“There's a tendency for adults to label the math that they can do (such as identifying patterns, choosing between competing offers in a supermarket, and challenging statistics published by the government) as "common sense" and labeling everything they can't do as "math" - so that being bad at math becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.”

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Robert Eastaway

Robert Eastaway is a British author known for his works in children's literature. The specific dates of his birth and death are unknown. more

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