Music. I couldn't understand it at all. I think I'm probably tone deaf, I can't pick up patterns and the reading music was a mystery to me. We seemed to go straight into it without any explanation. Looking back, the lack of groundwork was the fault of the teacher not me. I dreaded those lessons and the teacher scared me. One of my goals is to buy a keyboard and learn to play the piano (the ones with headphones, I don't want to drive my family insane!)
Me too! It has taught me that I love problem solving. When I finally got to using math in the wild and at work, that has always been a great feeling.
Algebra was just as you described - it clicked for me the day they started moving on from it and said “so now that you’ve (function and relevance of algebra here), now we’re going to…” It was suddenly so clear. And I wonder if a lot of kids have a similar issue.
Music. I couldn't understand it at all. I think I'm probably tone deaf, I can't pick up patterns and the reading music was a mystery to me. We seemed to go straight into it without any explanation. Looking back, the lack of groundwork was the fault of the teacher not me. I dreaded those lessons and the teacher scared me. One of my goals is to buy a keyboard and learn to play the piano (the ones with headphones, I don't want to drive my family insane!)
I was not good at math either and then one day it clicked. Now I love a good spreadsheet and numbers!
Me too! It has taught me that I love problem solving. When I finally got to using math in the wild and at work, that has always been a great feeling.
Algebra was just as you described - it clicked for me the day they started moving on from it and said “so now that you’ve (function and relevance of algebra here), now we’re going to…” It was suddenly so clear. And I wonder if a lot of kids have a similar issue.