Totally agree. The general concept of calculus is pretty straightforward. The implementation of calculus is an exercise of algebra.

I love linear algebra! It's one of the coolest and most satisfying maths (for me personally)

Hard disagree. Linear algebra can make pretty shapes and colors from a bunch of vertices, while calculus can make you want to quit school and become a plumber.

Quoting a relatively famous mathematician, linear algebra is one of the few branches of math we've really truly understood. It's very, very well behaved

I have learned linear algebra in a few different contexts now, and each one I learned made it easier. When I first learned it, it was in a pure maths context and I found it tricky. It began to make more sense in university, when I learned it in the context of x-ray crystallography. I think more so than most topics, linear algebra really needs the context of it's usefulness for it to really make sense, but also, I think I'd have struggled with the x-ray crystallography if I hadn't already got a grounding in linear algebra from a pure maths angle.

Number Theory can fuck right off.

Linear algebra? What about liminal algebra

Linear algebra was so much easier. It’s just vectors