IB Mathematics

In Languages you study a poem of 5 lines and render it into 20 pages. This is the power and the beauty of the subject. 

In Mathematics you study a concept of 20 pages and render it into a "poem" of 5 lines. This is the power and the beauty of Mathematics.

Two contradictory but also complementary skills.

This could be a criticism to those who apply the same criteria on different subjects!