I think that people who hate math mostly just hate the way it’s taught and have mentally blocked themselves from ever trying again. I also think it’s cultural. There’s no reason so many other countries have absolutely no problem with teaching what is considered very advanced math concepts to young students while many in the US struggle to even pick up basic concepts in secondary school and college. It’s learned helplessness.
upvoted because algebra was a miserable experience for me. The final exam was 3 equations, and it took me 16 weeks of daily practicing those three equations to pass the exam. I hated every minute of it. My professor was cool. It wasn’t her fault. I did not enjoy it.
Mathematics is something anyone can enjoy.
Downvotes take me, I’m ready.
It depends on how deep you go, though… Also, we’re supposed to upvote unpopular opinions, right?
This is c/shitposting ;)
lol oops, thought I was in the actual place!
I think that people who hate math mostly just hate the way it’s taught and have mentally blocked themselves from ever trying again. I also think it’s cultural. There’s no reason so many other countries have absolutely no problem with teaching what is considered very advanced math concepts to young students while many in the US struggle to even pick up basic concepts in secondary school and college. It’s learned helplessness.
A lot of it is pacing - once you get left behind it’s hard to catch up.
Also, no-one shows them anything sexy like triangles on a sphere, horocycles, or matrices encoding multiple transformations.
As a fellow math lover this is not an unpopular opinion lol
We’re a spirited minority!
upvoted because algebra was a miserable experience for me. The final exam was 3 equations, and it took me 16 weeks of daily practicing those three equations to pass the exam. I hated every minute of it. My professor was cool. It wasn’t her fault. I did not enjoy it.
Prove it.
And enjoy the journey!