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Stuff like this is lifting brain weights.

i get that, and it's the main reason given any time i see the topic discussed. my response is "so is learning what you need to know".

i mean, i am BAD at word problems. why? probably because im treated like a human calculator instead of an analyst, and im getting very little experience with word problems. yet what people need to be truly effective is to be good at word problems, not calculations.