I was horrible, terrible at Math however, one year I got an A in it. I give the credit solely to my teacher.
I was originally left-handed so my ways of thinking are still very... non left-brained XD I am more of an "artistic" person (which isn't a trait that I ever cared to exploit because I have no interest in the arts), so I attribute that quality to the hard time that I have in regards to learning Math.
That teacher whose class that I did so well in was, unlike all of my other teachers or professors before or after, also an artistic type. He was a musician and a recording artist, however, at some point he realized that he needed a stable, paying job and benefits in order to continue his lifestyle (he ran a recording studio in his home and would sometimes let students come use it), so he changed his major at some point through college and got a teaching certification and became a Math teacher.
I am almost certain that this is why I understood his explanations and methods of teaching and he was certainly very patient and understanding of my inability to comprehend the material as quickly as your average student. Honestly, if I still lived in that town, I would enlist in his tutoring services and would most likely be sailing through college Math right now.
Some of the people I've tutored were very creatively minded (one person was an artist who really couldn't perceive that 50% and a half were the same thing, but she ended up happily solving simultaneous equations. I know simultaneous equations aren't difficult but I do think they're a very good example of mathematical instinct).
I sometimes forget how lucky I am to be neither left-brained or right-brained but both. Although, having said that, you'd think that it'd imply balance when often it implies conflict.
I wanted to be a maths teacher as a profession until I saw how the trainee teachers were treated by students not much younger than them. It was vicious and I didn't think I had the strength of character to deal with it. Shame, really. I probably could have done some good.
Is it normal that I'm so dumb in mathematics?
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I was horrible, terrible at Math however, one year I got an A in it. I give the credit solely to my teacher.
I was originally left-handed so my ways of thinking are still very... non left-brained XD I am more of an "artistic" person (which isn't a trait that I ever cared to exploit because I have no interest in the arts), so I attribute that quality to the hard time that I have in regards to learning Math.
That teacher whose class that I did so well in was, unlike all of my other teachers or professors before or after, also an artistic type. He was a musician and a recording artist, however, at some point he realized that he needed a stable, paying job and benefits in order to continue his lifestyle (he ran a recording studio in his home and would sometimes let students come use it), so he changed his major at some point through college and got a teaching certification and became a Math teacher.
I am almost certain that this is why I understood his explanations and methods of teaching and he was certainly very patient and understanding of my inability to comprehend the material as quickly as your average student. Honestly, if I still lived in that town, I would enlist in his tutoring services and would most likely be sailing through college Math right now.
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Some of the people I've tutored were very creatively minded (one person was an artist who really couldn't perceive that 50% and a half were the same thing, but she ended up happily solving simultaneous equations. I know simultaneous equations aren't difficult but I do think they're a very good example of mathematical instinct).
I sometimes forget how lucky I am to be neither left-brained or right-brained but both. Although, having said that, you'd think that it'd imply balance when often it implies conflict.
I wanted to be a maths teacher as a profession until I saw how the trainee teachers were treated by students not much younger than them. It was vicious and I didn't think I had the strength of character to deal with it. Shame, really. I probably could have done some good.
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the problem here is the book! some books are too confusing and its getting hard everytime u read em..