Posted by baseball55 on January 22, 2014, at 20:10:46
In reply to Re: I don't feel very well. » baseball55, posted by Phillipa on January 22, 2014, at 9:25:59
I think math is not for everyone. Like music or visual arts, some people have a knack for it and others. don't. I loved math. Algebra, geometry, trigonometry, precalculus, calculus, statistics, on and on. I didn't major in math in college, but accumulated almost enough credits for a double major.
But math is like music or a foreign language. Use it or lose it. I can barely remember most math now, just as I've forgotten how to read the bass clef. Math is like music and languages in another way as well - the brain is primed to learn it at a certain age. People tend to master math in their teens and twenties -- also music and languages. After that, you can learn it, but it's hard to retain what you learn unless you're using it day after day.
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