Here's for all the kids who can't make the world make sense as an algebraic expression, who see things in feelings rather than numbers, who refuse to believe everything is quantifiable. Here's for the kids who think of derivatives as etymologies and roots as familial histories. Here's for the kids who would rather watch the fidgeting leg of the boy next to them, the bitten lips of the kid across the room, the bitter, sweet brown eyes of his best friend, sparkling with joy, the circling fingers of the girl in front of them, honking they understand everything through this, rather than solving for slope. Here's for the kids who think they're too stupid because they can't complete mathematical equations because they see the world through a color lease rather than a black and white one. Here's for the kids who don't get math but see feelings and think poetry.
