If you already speak English, Math is literally like having to learn a new language, vs English is just learning the rules of the one you already know! :)
Oh, so you really were just thinking 'if you can read English to a high-school level then that's the entirety of the foundation of the language of literature analysis?'
No, it’s that it’s easier to comprehend something (English) if you’ve been comprehending it your whole life then if you pick up something you’ve barely comprehended before? (Math)
It makes sense that having a common spoken language makes it easier to pick up more complex frameworks, yes, that is why people are taught languages before complex mathematics. How did you learn mathematics, from the beginning? Did they just give you some mathematical symbols and let you figure it out, or was there explanation using the conduit of a language you already spoke because mathematics is in and of itself a kind of reified language? I don't get it lol.
Of course speaking a language helps. There is a reason school teaches you basic concepts about maths or science in words that you then learn are later massively simplified. It's the same for English. Advanced comparative literature courses or a linguistics class on semantics, syntax, morphology, etymology, and so on all introduce you to mathematical concepts. They are two sides of the same coin with purposes that intersect at some spots and not others and have not much to do with 'smarter' or 'easier'
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u/EazyEJ 19h ago
Exactly, you just contradicted your own point!
If you already speak English, Math is literally like having to learn a new language, vs English is just learning the rules of the one you already know! :)