I skipped school that day
Fear of what we do not understand is the root of an awful lot of prejudice in this world. If you don’t make the effort to try and get your head around why different people act the way they do, then you’re going to end up feeling negatively towards them. Karens everywhere should pay attention to this news story.
Since 9/11 air travel has been a more suspicious place, and perhaps for good reason. In this case, however, someone just needed to recognize math notation. This guy was almost thrown off a flight because a Karen complained he was writing in a foreign script. Turns out, he was doing differential equations. I’m pretty sure I learned about those in High school.