I signed up for an on-line course from a Stanford professor about learning math. I wasn't sure I would get through the entire course and sure enough I didn't. The first video though was very interesting as she interviewed Stanford students about their thoughts, feelings, and memories about math. I must say it was really discouraging. Her main point was that math was a subject that alienated kids for a host of reasons. Some felt they were the wrong gender, some thought they weren't smart enough, some felt that they could never measure up. These were Stanford! kids. Imagine how a "regular" kids have felt across the years. There was a lot of discussion about how their teachers really didn't understand math and there seemed to be only one way to do a problem.
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