Sometimes "X is a language" is used to naturalize poor pedagogy or when knowledge is made to be hard to learn. Math is a tool. Even if it's a language. Even a l

Sometimes "X is a language" is used to naturalize poor pedagogy or when knowledge is made to be hard to learn. Math is a tool. Even if it's a language. Even a language itself is a tool. You wouldn't learn to read klingon if you don't like Star Trek and you will never need it. That is not an excuse to avoid good methods of learning.