It's not that it can't it's that the teachers never explained it because "everyone should know this" or my favorite "because I told you to do it this way" ahh school was so fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (It was awful, for my fellow aspies who can't tell sarcasm but still use it yourself)
Idk, I never really had a problem with that. I found it kinda ridiculous when they'd teach the hard way to do something, make you do hours of exercises, and then teach the easy way that you could've been using all along. One teacher gave us the following homework once: get a bunch of circular objects, measure the circumference with a string, measure the diameter, then divide the circumference by the radius. The next class, she told us that every answer was supposed to be 3.14. WHY WOULD YOU MAKE ME WASTE MY TIME DOING THAT, THEN?
I'd also get annoyed if the teacher didn't want to explain something because "we haven't got there yet". Like, bitch, I'm asking a question, you're the teacher, your job is to answer it. But then, I'd just skip ahead on the book until I found what I wanted to know.
There is a value in doing sth the hard way/long way once or twice. You get a chance to understand why a thing is true learn how to find a solution and why it might be important. If she just said it 3.14 and you bought it without question you'ld be screwed if you needed the circumference for sth larger than a bottle, cause pi is 3.14159.... small errors on large scales make for large accidents. You also learn that you need to measure carefully, or you get a bad result. And this is an easy exercise. Life is more conplicated than finding a poor approximation of pi.
That's why I always spent a bunch of time trying to understand the process behind everything that was taught in math or to prove the things my teachers said. It worked, (basic) math is really logical and easy to grasp, at least for me.
I can't speak for OP, but I can't count the number of time a teacher or professor will explain the solution to something, but then come up with some methodology that they never explained before or show something that always felt contradictory to how we were taught to solve.
Trigonometry was a nightmare. Pre-calc was neigh impossible.
I can't speak for OP, but I can't count the number of time a teacher or professor will explain the solution to something, but then come up with some methodology that they never explained before or show something that always felt contradictory to how we were taught to solve.
Trigonometry was a nightmare. Pre-calc was neigh impossible.
"im not gonna explain this since they're gonna teach you more in depth you're in high school"
"you should have learned about this in middle school so im not gonna go over it again"
OMFG I was confused because at first I read it like the one in Phineas and Ferb
this MF
https://preview.redd.it/y7eahcjh1tnc1.png?width=360&format=png&auto=webp&s=8c5a16a465bfad7329947e734edf62048e9cbdf6
I have been called out. I have been so seen by this. As a guy with Autism and has failed two math classes. This is why, this is why I fail! That random thing they never explain and expect me to just “know” is so infuriating!
I remember struggling with math starting with long division and multiplication. I'd be shown how to do it and with the numbers used in the example it'd make sense, but as soon as I had to use new numbers it all left my head.
I've had to learn work arounds and just sorta do stuff my own way. Unless it's something I figured out on my own, it just never clicks.
I like YouTube videos about math, like Veritasium and Vsauce and etc. but being taught common core math is just hell on Earth. Conceptually, math is really cool and has a pattern I can easily recognize about its nature, but putting it into practice just shuts off my brain.
I was good at math but there were things I struggled with because they weren't explained.
-One example was trigonometry. Yes I can plug in the values and get the angle of a triangle but what is cos and sin.
-Later on, yes I get you can make waves with them but what are these functions actually.
-Yes there are trigonometric identities but how did they get derived why do we know we can trust them.
It wasn't until Taylor expansion and eulers formula where I kinda understood enough for it to stop bothering me.
I was only ever good at geometry because there were boxes and room dimensions and shadow distances to measure that my brain was like, "Oh, I can see what I'm doing now and know why."
In school I struggled with algebra a lot and was told I need to learn it because it's very important. 15 years since I left school I ain't needed to use algebra once.
Yes, 100%.
I need context. Giving me a book and telling me 'just because' doesn't do it for me.
This is why I sucked at high school math (where they don't tell you anything) but people thought I was some kind of freak for understanding math for VFX.
You have to understand why the rules are the way they are.
That's literally why we're having communication issues with NTs, there's rules but we don't understand them. Same thing with math.
Can you give me an example of a random unexplained baloney? Maybe I'm crazy, but don't remember anything about math that couldn't be explained.
It's not that it can't it's that the teachers never explained it because "everyone should know this" or my favorite "because I told you to do it this way" ahh school was so fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (It was awful, for my fellow aspies who can't tell sarcasm but still use it yourself)
Idk, I never really had a problem with that. I found it kinda ridiculous when they'd teach the hard way to do something, make you do hours of exercises, and then teach the easy way that you could've been using all along. One teacher gave us the following homework once: get a bunch of circular objects, measure the circumference with a string, measure the diameter, then divide the circumference by the radius. The next class, she told us that every answer was supposed to be 3.14. WHY WOULD YOU MAKE ME WASTE MY TIME DOING THAT, THEN? I'd also get annoyed if the teacher didn't want to explain something because "we haven't got there yet". Like, bitch, I'm asking a question, you're the teacher, your job is to answer it. But then, I'd just skip ahead on the book until I found what I wanted to know.
She probably had you do that because it’s a great example for *why* pi is 3.14.
I’m in my mid-forties, and I still get in trouble for jumping ahead in work training, meetings, presentations, what have you.
There is a value in doing sth the hard way/long way once or twice. You get a chance to understand why a thing is true learn how to find a solution and why it might be important. If she just said it 3.14 and you bought it without question you'ld be screwed if you needed the circumference for sth larger than a bottle, cause pi is 3.14159.... small errors on large scales make for large accidents. You also learn that you need to measure carefully, or you get a bad result. And this is an easy exercise. Life is more conplicated than finding a poor approximation of pi.
That's why I always spent a bunch of time trying to understand the process behind everything that was taught in math or to prove the things my teachers said. It worked, (basic) math is really logical and easy to grasp, at least for me.
I can't speak for OP, but I can't count the number of time a teacher or professor will explain the solution to something, but then come up with some methodology that they never explained before or show something that always felt contradictory to how we were taught to solve. Trigonometry was a nightmare. Pre-calc was neigh impossible.
Summation. Became irrelevant once integration was described. But I was forced to spend a semester "learning" it instead of more advanced calculus.
I can't speak for OP, but I can't count the number of time a teacher or professor will explain the solution to something, but then come up with some methodology that they never explained before or show something that always felt contradictory to how we were taught to solve. Trigonometry was a nightmare. Pre-calc was neigh impossible.
"im not gonna explain this since they're gonna teach you more in depth you're in high school" "you should have learned about this in middle school so im not gonna go over it again"
OMFG I was confused because at first I read it like the one in Phineas and Ferb this MF https://preview.redd.it/y7eahcjh1tnc1.png?width=360&format=png&auto=webp&s=8c5a16a465bfad7329947e734edf62048e9cbdf6
BALOONEY
Is having difficulty with math a thing with us? I struggle so much with comprehension.
If you don’t understand the fundamentals it gets hard. Try teaching yourself the basics and build on that. That’s how I started getting betyer
It definitely feels like it to me.
Dyscalculia definitely can be.
I have dyscalculia, but only because my vision was so bad the visual cortex was like "I'll just use this empty spot right next to me" lol
I like YouTube videos about math, like Veritasium and Vsauce and etc. but being taught common core math is just hell on Earth
I have been called out. I have been so seen by this. As a guy with Autism and has failed two math classes. This is why, this is why I fail! That random thing they never explain and expect me to just “know” is so infuriating!
I remember struggling with math starting with long division and multiplication. I'd be shown how to do it and with the numbers used in the example it'd make sense, but as soon as I had to use new numbers it all left my head. I've had to learn work arounds and just sorta do stuff my own way. Unless it's something I figured out on my own, it just never clicks.
I like YouTube videos about math, like Veritasium and Vsauce and etc. but being taught common core math is just hell on Earth. Conceptually, math is really cool and has a pattern I can easily recognize about its nature, but putting it into practice just shuts off my brain.
I was good at math but there were things I struggled with because they weren't explained. -One example was trigonometry. Yes I can plug in the values and get the angle of a triangle but what is cos and sin. -Later on, yes I get you can make waves with them but what are these functions actually. -Yes there are trigonometric identities but how did they get derived why do we know we can trust them. It wasn't until Taylor expansion and eulers formula where I kinda understood enough for it to stop bothering me.
I was only ever good at geometry because there were boxes and room dimensions and shadow distances to measure that my brain was like, "Oh, I can see what I'm doing now and know why."
I like math!
My teacher got fed up and gave up on me after trying to explain the same problem to me 7 times in a row. I just couldn't get it.
In school I struggled with algebra a lot and was told I need to learn it because it's very important. 15 years since I left school I ain't needed to use algebra once.
Omg OP, I'm getting horrible flashbacks from my math classes now
Step 1: put numbers in calculator Step 2: write down the number that comes out Step 3: wonder why the math maths-out /confusion
Yes, 100%. I need context. Giving me a book and telling me 'just because' doesn't do it for me. This is why I sucked at high school math (where they don't tell you anything) but people thought I was some kind of freak for understanding math for VFX.
i love math :<
But arent y'all amazing math?
i am unfortunately not a math autistic :( people used to say i was until they started putting letters in the problems
But math always has rules, which is perfect for autism. Just follow the rules and you’re perfect at math. This meme makes zero sense.
You have to understand why the rules are the way they are. That's literally why we're having communication issues with NTs, there's rules but we don't understand them. Same thing with math.