Anyone can learn math. Unfortunately, few people can teach math so that anyone can learn it. You could easily have learned math with the right instruction.
> Unfortunately, few people can teach math so that anyone can learn it.
Reminds me of my calculus teacher in college. I and II. “and the answer is 0. Believe it...or not. I barely passed those classes. I was already working in the computer industry and knew I wouldn’t need it. I had to take it for my Computer Science degree just to justify the Mathematics departments existence.
-SB
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Yes, I know what you mean. Unfortunately, there are teachers who grasp a subject thoroughly but are unable to help students understand the concepts of that subject. It seems that math teachers are among the worst for this.
Teaching is art and science, and teachers need to be cognizant of the fact that childrens’s minds approach learning in a variety of ways. The truly successful teacher learns how to spot these diverging paths and use them to his advantage.
My girl brain has never been comfortable with spatial and dimensional challenges, and, while I have greatly improved regarding math over my many years, I am best staying with my strengths, the language arts.
In our house, if it involves numbers my husband is the one I consult. He calls on me for spelling and grammar.