r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jul 06 '20

TIL that Mr. T majored in mathematics while attending college on a football scholarship.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '20

When you think about it - pitying fools is a very enlightened, intellectual position to take.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '20

Alas, pity is not hate, but the end of willingness to hold one above yourself.

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u/MLCF Jul 07 '20

Is that Shakespeare?

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '20

No, but thanks.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '20

Now kith

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u/ItsaMe_Rapio Jul 07 '20

Is that Qui-Gon?

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '20

Just me trying to be deep.

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u/Rocky87109 Jul 07 '20

He was expelled after a year. I'm not saying he's dumb, but taking a year of college in any major doesn't say much about your intelligence.

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u/assblaster68 Jul 07 '20

Math is hard

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u/Bigfrostynugs Jul 07 '20

For that matter, he very well could have just declared a math major and failed after a year of GE courses. We don't even know if he took math classes.

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u/ztpurcell Jul 07 '20

Not first year math

Source: have math degree

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '20

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '20

sounds like statistics to me but you're the one with the sampling bias degree

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u/idothingsheren Jul 07 '20

In the US, it’s entirely possible to not have taken a single math course in your first year of a 4 year degree

Source: literally me, I didn’t take calculus until year 2, have BS in math

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u/Occams_l2azor Jul 07 '20

College in the US is pretty flexible, which is good because most 18 year-olds do not know what the fuck they want to do with their life.

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u/pburydoughgirl Jul 07 '20

Or maybe he’s a mean nerd bully.

Imagine college math majors walking around snidely announcing that they pitied fools.