Let''s stop hating Math

[BAndrew]

I think it's because math is hard to understand, especially for children, it requires high levels of logical thinking, and it also requires you to apply said logic to different problems to find a solution, which is an area that is not fully developed in young children.

It also depends on how you teach math, in Sweden, all the resources go to the university and college, while elementary school has gone through a 20 year period of experimenting with different types of educational methods and systems, which have (of course) led to a very large number of young people going out of school with very low grades and a detest for education, which is extremely unfortunate.

Yes, Mathematics is hard. But as you said it requires abstract and logical thinking and therefore it will help you in every aspect of your life. Math is about understanding and learning to think, not about memorizing formulas that you are going to forget and you probably don't even care about. You probably won't even remember what an integral is after 10 years, but what Math has to offer to students is the ability to think logically and abstractly to solve a given problem (and not necessarily a problem in Mathematics).

I agree that Mathematics is really poorly teached to students. I assure you that this is not only in Sweden, but in many countries (including mine). After all, if teachers make you hate Math or do nothing to make you interested in it you are never going to like it.