sirenspull | thirty third dance

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how can x equal so many different things isn't it only one letter shouldn't it only be able to be one number too

[Math is hard, her life is difficult, and this was totally worth talking to the network about. Anything to distract her from homework...]

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X is supposed to be a variable or something, which means it can replace any number. Uh, I think.

I mean, technically, X should be twenty three or whatever, right? [Or twenty four. Or... yeah]

I'm probably not helping, am I? [Pause. Confession time] I'm not really that great at math.

it's 23? [Scribbling that down!]

no, that helped a lot!

This is not true. Do not listen to him.

it's not?

No. x can be anything.

but it's only one letter

What? Oh. Well maybe not this time. But it might be? It's not like it's actually twenty three every time. Not saying that it couldn't be but--

[This requires a different approach that is not talking in circles]

My mom told me before to -- what was it? -- to think of X as an actor or something. It's just one person who can play a bunch of different roles, right? So, X is just one letter that can play a bunch of different roles in math.

wait, so it's not 23? oh! i think that makes sense.

It could be? But it's probably not, though.

Really? Cool. So you see that just because it's only one letter doesn't mean it can only be one number, right?

then why did you say it was? i guess so, but i don't get why they wouldn't use different letters

I was using it sorta like an example?

I don't really get it either. Maybe it's because there's not as many letters as there are numbers?

even if it's not enough they could still try though, right?

Well, they don't try to give people all completely different names. It's sorta the same thing.

They don't give them all the same name either, though!

Yeah, well, I guess that's true. But then again, numbers aren't always the same letters.

that's true, too i don't like math

Yeah, I don't really like math much either.

what subjects do you like?

I don't really like any of them, actually.

you don't like school?

Well, it's not really that I don't like school [He doesn't like school] it's more like I'm just not really all that good at it, I guess.

Oh, I'm sure you're better than you think!

Not really. School's not really my thing. It's not a big deal or anything though. I mean, there's other things I'm good at.

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/quietly touches old thread

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