But as he looked at the screen, a memory surfaced. He remembered his grandfather, a retired engineer, telling him stories of the bridge he had helped design. "Every calculation mattered, Artem," he had said, his voice filled with pride. "If we had taken shortcuts, the bridge wouldn't be standing today."
The subject of his misery was the infamous . It was a thick, green-covered beast, filled with fractions, percentages, and complex equations that felt like a foreign language. His homework, a grueling set of exercises on dividing mixed numbers, was due tomorrow, and Artem felt completely lost. But as he looked at the screen, a memory surfaced
The next day in class, when the teacher asked for a volunteer to explain the solution on the board, Artem raised his hand. He walked to the front of the room, his voice steady as he explained the steps he had taken. As he finished, he saw the nod of approval from his teacher and felt a surge of pride. "If we had taken shortcuts, the bridge wouldn't