>>> (Seriously - why the hell does anybody in the modern era need to be
>>> fluent at long division?
> 
> Ever tried dividing one polynomial by another?

No.

And you know why?

Because I don't know what polynomial division actually "is" yet.

(Remember: I've never been taught algebra. I just read books when I have 
time...)

> Without knowing how to do long division with numbers, you'd be 
> stuffed to try and divide a polynomial.

I didn't say you don't need to know how to do long division - I said you 
don't need to spend 3 years practising it for several hours per day.

>>  Is it really so that in the US, the UK and other places everybody has
>> to explicitly fill out tax forms each year, specifying all their income,
>> tax reductions, etc?
> 
> In the UK it's only if you pay tax in the highest band (earn more than 

> working abroad, or basically anything that is non-standard.

Thanks for clarifying that. I was wondering myself!

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