I did it because I overcame my math obtusity and recognized the value of my analytical brain to overcome that. I can read graphs, charts, can add and subtract in my head, but I do not possess a theoretical/geometric component, doesn’t make me stupid.
Being uneducated isn’t the same thing as being “stupid.” But I don’t know how you can do optimization — which is one of the most basic tools in economics — without differential Calculus.