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Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison t... by bluGill on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @09:23AM (#22945251)
Don't mix up movies and reality. They are often based in reality, but movies exist for entertainment and that often means exaggeration of the truth for effect.
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Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison t... by rramadass on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @10:59AM (#22946243)
But there is an insidious mental effect on students growing up in such an environment unable to discriminate between the two. They learn not to value "knowledge" and "learning".
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Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison t... by Koshkin on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @12:19PM (#22947215)
Well, in this case movies happen to be pretty close.
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