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It does not matter whether the reason is that the administrator is in high school and hasn't studied vector calculus (whether they intend to do so in the future or not); is 60 years old and has forgotten all of their vector calculus; or studied a humanities major and never went near vector calculus. Using good judgement about what issues one should handle, and what issues one should leave to someone else to handle, is a fundamental skill for all administrators of any age.
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