Comic #6282: grind

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Panel 1:

• Character 1: "Mom, how’d you get good at math?"
• Character 2: "Endless horrible hateful grinding."

Panel 2:

• Character 2: "My teacher said the key is the joy of discovery."
• Character 1: "That’s right."

Panel 3:

• Character 2: "After several months of sitting and mentally screaming and banging your head on a desk, sometimes you will gain a tiny glimpse into the austere beauty of the universe. And that’s enough to make you go back for more."

Panel 4:

• Character 2: "It’s sort of like crawling up a mountain of glass because you’re starving and there are crumbs hidden in the shards."

Panel 5:

• Character 1: "Please just say something about wonder."

Panel 6:

• Character 2: "I wonder why sports are supposed to require repetitive practice but somehow it’s bad in mathematics."