there are two kinds of mathematics
Mathematics at school, where you get teached a way to do something and have to reproduce that way over and over (wich, in my opinion, doesnt bring any joy :P)
And the fun mathematics, where you need to get an answer to something and have to look how you need to solve it ":)
I like it when the book tells me to do something and before reading on, I see all kinds of interesting things "Oh! I see how it works!" and I figured it out myself!
And in general, I like it when I get the right answer, for once :P
I remember the first time I ever had any sort of physics, suddenly I looked at everything in life with a new light, as a physics problem to be solved. How much force does his foot exert on the ground with each step? What's the strain on that board? How much torque due I need to unscrew this?
When applied, education has the potential to become quite interesting. :)
What fascinates me about math is how it truly comprised and how it works. I was, and still am, one of those people that wouldn't just take a formula and plug in numbers to find the answers. Rather, I'd try to truly comprehend why what I was doing gave me the answers I got. Math can be cool but it's so much cooler when you start to understand the fundamentals of it.
I wouldn't wish it upon anyone. Not only do you struggle with basic concepts of math, some people form their opinions of your smartness on maths - I'm an overachiever in all subjects except maths, but people think I'm stupid because I can't do multiplications :D
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