--- title: You Are NOT Dumb, You Just Lack the Prerequisites description: Struggling to learn complex subjects like math often stems from missing prerequisite knowledge, not a lack of capability. Revisiting and mastering foundational... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/you-are-not-dumb-you-just-lack-the-prerequisites-l63uu7tjw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: You Are NOT Dumb, You Just Lack the Prerequisites | daily.dev og:description: Struggling to learn complex subjects like math often stems from missing prerequisite knowledge, not a lack of capability. Revisiting and mastering foundational... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/you-are-not-dumb-you-just-lack-the-prerequisites-l63uu7tjw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/L63uU7tJw.png og:image:alt: You Are NOT Dumb, You Just Lack the Prerequisites og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # You Are NOT Dumb, You Just Lack the Prerequisites **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 2 min read · 2011 upvotes · 111 comments ## Summary Struggling to learn complex subjects like math often stems from missing prerequisite knowledge, not a lack of capability. Revisiting and mastering foundational concepts can help build the necessary groundwork for understanding more advanced material. It's important to take a step back and re-learn the basics using effective methods and consistent practice. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@naughty\_natty\_nat** · 55 upvotes > needed that, thanks <3 **@a2044** · 35 upvotes > awesome, that's why i like game programming as side hustle, it forces me to relearn such things **@itsiskandar** · 14 upvotes > Anime profile pic strikes again. **@abijith28** · 8 upvotes > When you have that anime pic, we get to see or read something interesting. Got me once again!! **@pedropmelojs** · 5 upvotes > Kinda needed that, allways struggled with maths, and teachers allways telling me that i could not work as a developper, or that my level was not enough to make it. Today, i do whatever what i love, no matter what other tell me. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#math](https://daily.dev/tags/math) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/you-are-not-dumb-you-just-lack-the-prerequisites-l63uu7tjw) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"You Are NOT Dumb, You Just Lack the Prerequisites","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/you-are-not-dumb-you-just-lack-the-prerequisites-l63uu7tjw","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/you-are-not-dumb-you-just-lack-the-prerequisites-l63uu7tjw"},"datePublished":"2024-08-24T16:54:40.740Z","dateModified":"2024-11-08T12:50:37.842Z","description":"Struggling to learn complex subjects like math often stems from missing prerequisite knowledge, not a lack of capability. 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