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Calculus was an absolute mind-fuck for my algebra centered mind when I got to college. Took me probably two full months before it clicked and I basically settled on "this is still math, but it's completely different rules and the old rules don't apply at all."

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> Took me probably two full months before it clicked

That doesn't actually sound like very long. I can easily image it taking more than two months to learn a new programming language, or how to build your own radio. Pretty much any nerd activity will take some time to get into.

> Old rules don't apply at all

How did that happen?

I meant it as "Don't try to apply Algebra rules to Calculus." Doing so was a major hangup that took me a while to get past.

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