I don't know why the ODE said anything at all. If you're a Mathematician, you can show your work given the form that all Mathematicians have done through the a

I don't know why the ODE said anything at all. If you're a Mathematician, you can show your work given the form that all Mathematicians have done through the ages. In fact, in grade and high school, you're generally not required to write actual proofs, but just generally show your work. I do not miss having to produce formalized proofs. The math that is taught at that level is the product, largely, of Sumerian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Chinese, Greek, Indian, and Islamic origin. Greek (and Italian) people, until post-WW2, were often not considered "white enough" by white supremacists. Math students have to be held to the same standard, or an even higher one, than their predecessors: they must be able to show to the teacher that they have internalized the logic and reason that is taught by whichever branch of Mathematics they're currently learning about.