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Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison t... by c-smile on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @11:24PM (#22941774)
> was to make it hard to want to stay in school

That is probably not that intentionally. That is just a result of my own observations.

As of culture:

Canadian mother: John, you are so smart, why you cannot solve this quiz?

Russian mother: Ivan, why you cannot solve this quiz, are you stupid?

Anecdotic exaggeration of course, but there is definitely something in it.

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