seeing a simpler/more elegant solution after you solve it will make you appreciate it more. It's also a strategy to teach math: first you fight the problem, the

seeing a simpler/more elegant solution after you solve it will make you appreciate it more. It's also a strategy to teach math: first you fight the problem, then you learn the trick, and it will stick way longer. Unfortunately, this method is not used in high schools (not over here in BE anyway).