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Fran Lebowitz

If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract teach him to deduct.

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The quote emphasizes teaching children critical thinking skills rather than just basic math operations. It suggests that helping a child learn how to analyze information and draw conclusions is more valuable for their future than simply knowing how to perform subtraction.

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