Nonsense. I did four years of math in high school, and it really was 'math'. It wasn't all research or 'critical thinking', but I didn't memorize "steps" eith

Nonsense. I did four years of math in high school, and it really was 'math'. It wasn't all research or 'critical thinking', but I didn't memorize "steps" either -- I have an awful 'rote' memory, at least without some oral hints. And I did fine with math later on, in including my Ph.D. in applied math (stochastic optimal control) and peer reviewed publications in applied math -- with theorems and proofs. The OP has a small point but takes it way, way too far.