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Why does everyone hate math?

Going to school (as I do on a daily basis), you see tons of different people with different interests (as I imagine you would in most situations). So everyday I see my friends, acquaintances, colleagues, and everyone else in my grade, and the vast majority of them just don't like math. I just want to know why. Personally I love math, like all caps LOVE math, but I just can't get why it's just decided that no one is going to like math. Of all of the subjects to hate, why does everyone gravitate towards math? Is it just that it's taught badly (which I could very easily see), does everyone just see it as useless to know that x=2 when 12x+7=31, or is it that you just went with the crowd? But for all you math haters, why? And if you don't hate math like me, what made you go against everyone else?

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  • paula kwonyike

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    Mar 10 2013: i think it's because it forces someone to think and most people do not like thinking too much and also math needs a very patient person who is able to spend as much time to try solve a math problem
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      John Gianino

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      Mar 10 2013: Why does math require a certain type of person if it is a universal language?

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