I wish I had this when I was learning Linear Algebra. When it was taught to me, both in HS and College, there was not a word of motivation about why we were juggling numbers around in boxes. It was tedious and had seemed to have no connection to anything.

I developed a strong dislike for LA, if not outright fear and hatred. This from someone who majored in math at university. I later learned from reading Dr Oakley's book, _A Mind For Numbers_, that this is a perfect recipe for not mastering a subject. I was sabotaging my own learning by approaching it from the point of view of something to be despised. It was many years later after reading Oakley's book that I challenged myself to learn Linear Algebra.

I found the Coursera course Coding the Matrix https://codingthematrix.com/ perfect. Not only did Professor Philip Klein explain the subject well, but it was also a programming course in python. Coding the algorithms helped make them that much more concrete. I'm happy to say I finished the online course with 100% grade.

Unfortunately Coding the Matrix is no longer available on Coursera.

I know this thread is more about Strang being a teaching god, and he is. I wanted to add something on alternative ways to learn linear algebra.