It is perfectly natural to hate math classes if you weren't the smartest kid in the class. It's basically a guessing game where you constantly get zapped for not knowing something you had no way of knowing.
It's not the teacher's fault, it's not the student's fault, they both could address the problem on their own, but really it's that education receives very low priority. Children don't matter because they don't have money, and teachers don't matter because they teach children.
Plus, there's no scholarships or opportunities for remedial students who don't have that much talent but want to learn and put in the effort. All the big math opportunities are elitist, great mathematicians only go out of their way for exceptional students, which is fine, but never for an ordinary student who just wants to be smart and works for it. Studies. Well one time, I actually did that, I tutored two really disadvantaged kids and one of them pulled his grades up from like a C to a A-, and they awarded him a prize for most improved, due to his effort. His name is León. When I got to where our classes were, he was always acing the marshmallow test, just eating the bad parts of his food and leaving the best parts for last. Not like anybody was going to give him an extra marshmallow, it was just natural for him.
I designed lessons, for instance a first one about multiplication with just paper, no pencils. Multiply with a blank sheet of paper.
But in general, that charity only goes to the richest.
If you want you can write me, I can give like a 2 paragraph rundown for you in particular, just because you want to learn. Email in profile.
It's not the teacher's fault, it's not the student's fault, they both could address the problem on their own, but really it's that education receives very low priority. Children don't matter because they don't have money, and teachers don't matter because they teach children.
Plus, there's no scholarships or opportunities for remedial students who don't have that much talent but want to learn and put in the effort. All the big math opportunities are elitist, great mathematicians only go out of their way for exceptional students, which is fine, but never for an ordinary student who just wants to be smart and works for it. Studies. Well one time, I actually did that, I tutored two really disadvantaged kids and one of them pulled his grades up from like a C to a A-, and they awarded him a prize for most improved, due to his effort. His name is León. When I got to where our classes were, he was always acing the marshmallow test, just eating the bad parts of his food and leaving the best parts for last. Not like anybody was going to give him an extra marshmallow, it was just natural for him.
I designed lessons, for instance a first one about multiplication with just paper, no pencils. Multiply with a blank sheet of paper.
But in general, that charity only goes to the richest.
If you want you can write me, I can give like a 2 paragraph rundown for you in particular, just because you want to learn. Email in profile.