I graduated HS in the early 80s. I was horrible at algebra. My brain simply does not ‘get’ algebra. I grasp the concepts of geometry with no difficulty at all but Algebra baffles me. In 10th grafe I got a 37 on the final. In 1th grade retaking the course I got a 40 on the final. My teacher stood there in a flowing robe and said “You shall not PASS!”
In 12th I aced what the school called Business math.
Was it really that long ago that schools held people to a standard? I guess it was.
I’ll see you fell asleep in typing class too. :-)
If you were proficient with addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals when you walked into Algebra I. . . and you applied yourself, it meant you had a cr@p teacher.
I had two liberal arts teachers in High School that did the same to me as was done to you in math.
Every article on education seems to focus on math. I would be more concerned that students can READ and COMPREHEND the written word. People with a math aptitude will succeed regardless of school or teachers because it is how their brain works. If children can read with comprehension the world is opened up to them. The can read about history, science etc. We worry so much about every student passing Algebra 2 but are not concerned about their ability to read.