An excerpt from Cheng -
We need to be open to the fact that it’s about thinking, not about solving contrived problems or equations that you never see again in life. I also wish people would stop boasting about being bad at maths and stop making fun of people who like it. We also need to reform the education system so that it’s more about learning to think well and nurturing curiosity, and less about tests and assessment.
Never compare yourself with others period
Federico Ardila-Mantilla's axioms-
Axiom 1
Mathematical talent is distributed equally among different groups, irrespective of geographic, demographic, and economic boundaries.
Axiom 2
Everyone can have joyful, meaningful, and empowering mathematical experiences.
Axiom 3
Mathematics is powerful. malleable tool that can be shaped and used differently by various communities to serve their needs.
Axiom 4
Every student deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.
Lines from A.Politi -
Nonlinearities in dynamical processes represent a hindrance to understanding,
but also a source of unexpected richness.
This is the beauty and difficulty of studying complex systems, where short-cuts
are not easy to discover.
This is the beauty and difficulty of doing true RESEARCH, as you don't know
what is behind the corner.