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Anton Geraschenko
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I How to respond to "I was never much good at maths at school."

We've all heard it. I even got it in Norwegian recently. It's number 1 on the list of responses to the statement "I'm a mathematician.". Does anyone have any good comebacks? What other responses have you heard?

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I was never much good at maths at school.

We've all heard it. I even got it in Norwegian recently. It's number 1 on the list of responses to the statement "I'm a mathematician.". Does anyone have any good comebacks? What other responses have you heard?

Standard community wiki rules (not that anyone seems to take any notice of them). Also, no snide comebacks, please - keep it nice. Extra kudos for answers that would actually educate the other person.

How to respond to "I was never much good at maths at school."

We've all heard it. I even got it in Norwegian recently. It's number 1 on the list of responses to the statement "I'm a mathematician.". Does anyone have any good comebacks? What other responses have you heard?

Standard community wiki rules (not that anyone seems to take any notice of them): one answer per post please. Also, no snide comebacks, please - keep it nice. Extra kudos for answers that would actually educate the other person.

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I was never much good at maths at school.

We've all heard it. I even got it in Norwegian recently. It's number 1 on the list of responses to the statement "I'm a mathematician.". Does anyone have any good comebacks? What other responses have you heard?

Standard community wiki rules (not that anyone seems to take any notice of them). Also, no snide comebacks, please - keep it nice. Extra kudos for answers that would actually educate the other person.