I have always hated math but I think there are psychological aspects behind that. My parents were very good at math and therefore I will be bad at it to spite them. :P I also had a few terrible teachers that I could not connect with. They were at the critical stage when I needed GOOD teachers the most because it was like the keystone to the harder math that came later so I was always behind on the learning curve.
Then came college courses. I HAD TO TAKE MATH. With online courses I didn't have the benefit of staying after class for help. I had myself, my text book, and the internet to help. I literally equations that I needed to figure and it was pages long...and I did it. Actually got an A in my math courses. But I was in a foul mood the entire course and there were days when my whole body hurt just trying to understand. LOL Thank goodness that's over!
As per this post, many of the participants complaining about the bad math teaching for their hardship in math. I missed this point in my article as I did my research being a teacher and all persons in my data set knew that I was a teacher and nobody complained.
Yes, I felt it though when I was a student that many of otherwise intelligent classmates performed poorly in math due to the bad math teacher.
I truly believe those teachers of mine were quite brilliant in their subject but they never connected with me, or I to them. It was very...what's the word I'm looking for...? Sterile? If I asked for an explanation they repeated what they previously said, which obviously didn't help me the first time. Eventually I gave up and my grades and any love for math plummeted.
Most math teachers I know they are brilliant but they want to teach "one size fits all" way and don't like to address individual learner needs. I think yours the same problem as you didn't get individual attention and so you lost the interest.
This is very true. At that age I never respected any of the education I was getting. Only as an adult have I appreciated learning.
Ha ha haa big Sis, I didn't mean you were disrespectful for your studies. But If your teachers have given you the attention you needed and have re-explained the topics you questioned based on your understanding level, you might have done much much better in math from the beginning.
As you have proved later by getting excellent marks (an A) in mathematics that you could have done much better even in high school if your teachers have paid little bit extra attentions to your questions.