Why do people struggle with math, specifically trigonometry and calculus? It's really not that complicated if you do a lot of exercises. Plus, the compatibility with physics is tremendous. I wouldn't mind so much if they weren't so deliberate about it
>lol i really suck at math
Why is this socially acceptable? To spout such a when you're half way through algebra says a lot about you.
Most of people's exposure to math is in highschool, which, frankly kills any possibility of looking at math as something cool and exciting, but rather turns it into mind numbing, seemingly meaningless exercises with no context or reasoning as to why something is the way it is.
>Why do people struggle with computers
>Why do people struggle with technology
>Why do people struggle with problem solving
Because the jewz filled the media with anti-intellectualism
Idk but as a HS math teacher I get tired of hearing it. Anyone can do well in math. Most are just lazy and are only interested in correct answers (passing the class) rather than conceptual understanding.
>Anyone can do well in math.
>HS math teacher
Well, not THAT well apparently
Passing the class is the only thing people are told to do rather than truly understanding what it is they're doing.
To me those things are much harder than for example algebraic topology. I suspect I have some sort of dyscalculia or something, but really doing those calculations is a pain in my ass but abstract stuff is much easier.
It's nothing unusual, most of my college mates hated analysis with a passion too, myself included.
There's nothing fascinating or interesting about manipulating symbols until you stumble upon the proper variable substitution. Just gotta power through it.
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You could go with the idea of mathphobia which is introduced at a young age when numbers are strange concepts that are difficult to produce order in using an Arabic numeral system. I personally struggled with trig because I am terrible at memorizing lists of transformations that I am given ad hoc reasons for their equivalence. High school isn't a very good place for learning math is what I realized, especially depending on which high school you go to and how hard the other classes you take are. My high school class load was significantly harder then anything I've taken in college and I double majored in chemistry and biology with a minor in math. When you have that much stuff to do it's more about getting the pretty letter then figuring out why you are doing it.