Until recently my children disliked learning Mathematics. They told me Maths was just too difficult. I said to them that Maths is, in many ways, easier than the other subjects they learn in school. Why is that so? They asked. I explained that in Maths, there is usually only one right answer. If you get that, nobody can say you are wrong. Consider most other subjects, even when you think you have done well in the answer, the teacher could still not want to give you full marks.
We all know what a molehill looks like, that is when we are being objective. At other times when we are less objective, a molehill looks like a mountain. It must be dealt with like a mountainous problem. Hence the saying "making a mountain out of a molehill".
At any rate, I prefer Maths than any other subjects. A 1 is a 1 here, there or anywhere, now, then or anytime. A molehill is a molehill sometimes, and a mountain at other times.
My children are beginning to like Maths now.
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