• @Duckef@lemmy.ml
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    241 year ago

    Turning 35 in a month and I’ve just started learning maths again after being afraid of it because of a similar situation to yours.

    • Square Singer
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      61 year ago

      It’s surprisingly easy. I used tl give maths tutoring to finance my university degree. What I’d do is let the kids do one exercise task from their school books to see where their difficulties were. While they were on it, I quickly read through the relevant sections in the book, and it was so easy every time that I knew everything I needed to know after a few minutes. Like literally stuff that took weeks at school within minutes.

      School just sucks and makes it really hard to learn anything. Almost everything kids learn at school is actually really easy.

      • @veroxii@lemmy.world
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        101 year ago

        Well it’s harder for them because they are kids and their brains are still developing. You’ve had a lifetime of experiences to draw from where you use math concepts subconsciously many times a day.

        • Square Singer
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          31 year ago

          Totally true. They haven’t learned to learn yet, they aren’t learning because they want to, or even because they need what they learned.

          But the point I was trying to make is, that many adults are still afraid (and many even strongly so) of maths, because it was hard for them at school. But it probably wouldn’t be hard for them now.