Maths in school - loved it or hated it?

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  1. hbk4894's Avatar
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    Maths in school - loved it or hated it?
    Maths is one of those subjects that is like marmite , some people love it and some people hate it , i was one of the people who liked Maths , i was quite good with numbers at school and i much prefered it to English.
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    Re: Maths in school - loved it or hated it?
    In year 10 i loved maths.

    In year 11 i hated maths.

    Mainly because my year 11 teacher could not speak english propperly, and she used to just teach off my maths.

    I ended up with an A. so all in all maths was ok with me
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    Re: Maths in school - loved it or hated it?
    I didn't like GCSE Maths at all! Everything else was great though.
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    Loved it.

    Lower years was good, managed to find complex numbers in year 11 through a mistake in the question sheet which ended up with my teacher teaching me about them.

    A Levels were interesting, in particular I enjoyed mechanics XD
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    Hated GCSE maths - did anything to avoid going to the lessons, but loved A-Level maths.
  6. EatRainbows's Avatar
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    I've always loved maths. I don't understand how people hate it so much >:
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    LOVE Maths!
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    Loved pure, disliked stats but lived with it.
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    HATED it more than anything in the whole world throughout school.

    took it at a-level for some reason only god knows

    turns out god's a sterling fella cause i love it more than any other subject i take at a-level now
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    Started to find a likeness for maths in year 10, started to love it soon and in year 13 its my favorite subject. Though i don't like stats but love mechanics and pure.
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    Re: Maths in school - loved it or hated it?
    (Original post by EatRainbows)
    I've always loved maths. I don't understand how people hate it so much >:
    Because it is so boring, hard, completely pointless and mostly utterly irrelevant to real life. Asymptotes? No point. Quadratic equations? Too hard. Trigonometry? BLEURGH.

    Having said all this, I did get an A in GCSE. I still think the Edexcel markers were genial drunks....
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    So much hate until year 11, started to enjoy it rather more at A level when there wasn't any homework to be doing, also, competition can make most things fun.
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    Re: Maths in school - loved it or hated it?
    I hated maths in the juniors, mainly because when we were first taught arithmetic, I didn't immediately understand the methods the teacher used and she got very impatient with me and humiliated me in front of the class. I developed a psychological fear of the subject as a result. In the seniors, it was the only traditional academic subject I was weak in. I just about scraped a C at GCSE.

    A few years ago, I decided conquer my fear, and took a maths textbook out from the library. I still can't do mental arithmetic, although I'm fine on paper, using the traditional 'column' method, so everyday calculations aren't a problem.

    More importantly, I can now appreciate - dimly - the beautiful symmetry of the number system. Maths isn't for me, but I can see the fascination it holds for some people.
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    Re: Maths in school - loved it or hated it?
    hated it at 14, love it at 24
  15. EatRainbows's Avatar
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    Re: Maths in school - loved it or hated it?
    (Original post by anna-chipie 95)
    Because it is so boring, hard, completely pointless and mostly utterly irrelevant to real life. Asymptotes? No point. Quadratic equations? Too hard. Trigonometry? BLEURGH.

    Having said all this, I did get an A in GCSE. I still think the Edexcel markers were genial drunks....
    Maths is one of the least pointless subjects D:< It's beautiful how it all works together. asdfghhhjkl
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