Oddly, that's not really disagreeing with me because I feel much the same. The trick is which real world example to use and the ones often chosen don't work for the majority. Some people only have to hear "two trains approach each other, one doing 55mph and the other doing 30mph" and they get freaked out. The questions are written in a certain way (in order to be rigorous, I think). I come from a maths / science / programming background and I appreciate rigour, but I can also see what it does to people who don't think like us. It took me some time to realise some people's brains are *completely* different and trying to force them to learn a certain way just causes reactions like fear of mathematics and hate of it.
The hardest thing is putting yourself in someone else's position, trying to think like they do, as opposed to just getting them to see things as you do. Maths teachers are only people, like everyone else, and they fail in the same way as many people do. Problem is, maths really is a way of thinking, and you've got to get people thinking that way eventually.
If I'd have been taught symbolic computation at a young age, I'd have got a lot from it. In effect, I taught myself as I was programming aged 12 and a published game programmer at 15. But that's me. My mind already works that way. Get me to decipher the meaning of an allegorical poem and I'd have been lost. In the same way it's difficult to teach maths to some students, how should I have been taught to understand poetry? It's kind of the same issue.
i agree with u too..people are not the same,I mean we dont hav the same environment, teachers and even ourselves..we are not the same some ppl likes to draw,sing,party,solve problems, and some even busy making babies..if ur in my part u will also realize that ur not ready to go in a battle without weapon..but still i already joined the battle and im so lucky that i have mates with me! still im so very happy im not lonely..
Is it normal that I'm so dumb in mathematics?
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Oddly, that's not really disagreeing with me because I feel much the same. The trick is which real world example to use and the ones often chosen don't work for the majority. Some people only have to hear "two trains approach each other, one doing 55mph and the other doing 30mph" and they get freaked out. The questions are written in a certain way (in order to be rigorous, I think). I come from a maths / science / programming background and I appreciate rigour, but I can also see what it does to people who don't think like us. It took me some time to realise some people's brains are *completely* different and trying to force them to learn a certain way just causes reactions like fear of mathematics and hate of it.
The hardest thing is putting yourself in someone else's position, trying to think like they do, as opposed to just getting them to see things as you do. Maths teachers are only people, like everyone else, and they fail in the same way as many people do. Problem is, maths really is a way of thinking, and you've got to get people thinking that way eventually.
If I'd have been taught symbolic computation at a young age, I'd have got a lot from it. In effect, I taught myself as I was programming aged 12 and a published game programmer at 15. But that's me. My mind already works that way. Get me to decipher the meaning of an allegorical poem and I'd have been lost. In the same way it's difficult to teach maths to some students, how should I have been taught to understand poetry? It's kind of the same issue.
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i agree with u too..people are not the same,I mean we dont hav the same environment, teachers and even ourselves..we are not the same some ppl likes to draw,sing,party,solve problems, and some even busy making babies..if ur in my part u will also realize that ur not ready to go in a battle without weapon..but still i already joined the battle and im so lucky that i have mates with me! still im so very happy im not lonely..