Why do people hate math?

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Do you hate math? Why? If you love math why do you think other people dislike it so much?

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Math isnt always taught well

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I think there are a lot of people who might appreciate math if it was presented is an applicable problem-solving tool. I had some ... [show more]

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Math is hard.

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Anti-academic culture sees no value in learning

Learning things simply for the joy of learning is not valued in the USA and possibly in other rich post-industrial countries. Peop... [show more]

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Answers are either right or wrong.

Many people prefer "shades of grey"-style thinking where multiple or even contradictory answers are considered mutually valid.

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Math is logical

The brain works in two ways, creativity, and logically. Some people just aren't the logical thinkers, and are much better at arts ... [show more]

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It involves numbers.

Like 1, 2, 3 and so on. Confusing.

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Why should people love math?

If math people were forced to do art throughout the whole high school curriculum they would hate it just as much because they woul... [show more]

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Low Self Esteem

They assume the can't do it and so hate it instead.

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Because it's unnecessarily formal

You have to learn specific methods to solve specific problems. You can not use alternative methods, you need to follow the formal ... [show more]

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Because teachers are failed engineers

or scientists. And bitter. And hateful to pupils who maybe will get more success

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I love numbers and statistics but don't understand calculus,

Statistics was a breeze. Calculus was the only D and then the only F I ever received. To me, statistics and accounting were emin... [show more]

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Because its MATH

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I hate learning things I'll never use (factoring tri.)

In college you have to do things to graduate, things that seem unnecessary. If your a journalism major why do you need to learn ho... [show more]

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Because im dislexic

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Cause they are not good at it

i could dislike math when i dont know what to do with all the number given to me

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Because it is not taught in the same way others are

Like, if you were to go to one maths teacher one year and another the next, they are bound to not teach the same way. Or, if they ... [show more]

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Math waists time

Why not do something else????????

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This topic was started by futurebird futurebird has 1,454 Grupie Points on May 12th, 2006. 146 grupies have voted on one or more of the 21 answers.

Tags: education, hate, human nature, math, mathematics, school

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