The stature given to it is “God of all subjects”.
Good enough to bring in the additional pressure.
Math is not everybody’s cup of tea and that should be perfectly alright.
Mathematics as a subject brings in anxiety to many.It’s strange but true,even before the topic is covered in school, anxiety creeps in making it’s debut in your minds.
Many feel extremely nervous in a situation where they are required to do basic math. For subjects like English, marks can come from a variety of factors like creativity, spelling, grammar, style, punctuation, and much more. With math, there are few opportunities to earn marks because an answer can only be right or wrong.
Numbers and formulas do not excite everyone. Maths is looked at as an abstract subject with irrelevant figures that are difficult to understand.
Being nervous is normal but having anxiety is different.The main trigger to anxiety is letting this feeling of ,”I am not good in maths” make room in your mind which later triggers and makes you believe,“I do not like the subject”.
Why is there so much peer pressure for this subject?
What I feel is,how math is taught decides the liking or non liking for it.The best teachers can make you fall in love with the subject.
Math to me is different, it’s not just another subject but an emotion.As a young child, I learned to love math. My love for math stems from learning math from my father.In our house it meant father-daughter bonding time and we surely created memories of a life time in a short while.
What I like about the subject most is you can either be right or wrong. There’s no grey area. I personally enjoy this objective approach and the certainty that it brings in.Also there is no scope for speculation as everything requires an evidence.
New concepts rely on the old which you would have learnt in the past making it more interesting and engaging.
The joy of solving a problem which you initially felt impossible is unparalleled.A math lover would vouch on that.It’s a different kick that you get by cracking sum.
It never gets monotonous,each day learning gets more interesting and you look forward to it.
Math also teaches that every problem has a solution.
I would like to say I love the subject probably because I had the best teacher- My father -I call him a Math Wiz.
So don’t feel bad or dejected it’s just that you are yet to come across the best teacher 😉
Blessmesai 