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Math Aversion

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Gary Allen
Feb 19, 2025
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Most of the time, growing up, I did poorly in math. I just didn’t get it. I know I am not alone; it’s a common affliction.

Until I got to Algebra and Geometry, in high school, I never found anything interesting about math. Turns out I wasn’t math averse, after all; I was arithmetically challenged. Later courses, like Trigonometry and Calculus, felt like …

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