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minus-squareByteOnBikes@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 days agoThe challenge I had as a kid was that everything was taught either as abstracts, or in ways that wasn’t interesting to me. Like I remember so much math class, the teacher was using sports metaphors. And I remember tuning out the moment football was discussed.
minus-squareButteryMonkey@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoSame thing for me. I struggled heavily with algebra and geometry, but physics? That was cake because it was real, measurable, and practical. It made sense to learn, and it was interesting enough to keep me focused.
The challenge I had as a kid was that everything was taught either as abstracts, or in ways that wasn’t interesting to me.
Like I remember so much math class, the teacher was using sports metaphors. And I remember tuning out the moment football was discussed.
Same thing for me. I struggled heavily with algebra and geometry, but physics? That was cake because it was real, measurable, and practical. It made sense to learn, and it was interesting enough to keep me focused.