That is just absolutely brilliant!
That kid has a great engineering career ahead of him.
How I wish I was entering engineering school today with all the advanced materials, CAD / CFD, and lightweight and powerful control systems available!
I did my ME program mostly with a slide rule, a huge, clunky Marchant electro-mechanical calculator, and an IBM 360.
Math is Racist you sound like the Grand Pooba
Don’t feel bad. Kelly Johnson and 🦨 Skunkworks 🦨 built the U-2 and A-12,SR-71 with a Slide Ruler.