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Thursday, 12 July 2012

"Maths Again!!!" Why is it like this?


            “Math again!!” is what you hear in school whenever a math lesson starts. I just do not understand why it is so hated in school. But maybe I am wrong.  Maybe I am mixing two feelings here, hatred and fear. Is it possible that students are afraid of math? It is quite possible this way. Sometimes it so happens that fear and hatred join hands to cast their effect. And that effect is that students would never wish to study math. Why is it so? Why do students “hate and fear” math? Why do they find it boring? Is it because of math itself or the way it is taught at school? In this article I will explore this topic in detail since I experience the above mentioned situations taking place at my own school.
             Alright, so first let us take the fear aspect.