I talk to a lot of people about math and many of them (adults) have intense math anxiety. I always wonder what kind of trauma could have led to this, because I assumed the I-suck-at-math is such a private feeling, at worst maybe your parents might see your grades and scold you about them. None of this is super traumatic, I thought...
But the perspective about public shaming by the teacher and other students piling on is much more intense, so I can see how some people really don't want anything to with math in later life. Those motherfucker teachers indeed!
I talk to a lot of people about math and many of them (adults) have intense math anxiety. I always wonder what kind of trauma could have led to this, because I assumed the I-suck-at-math is such a private feeling, at worst maybe your parents might see your grades and scold you about them. None of this is super traumatic, I thought...
But the perspective about public shaming by the teacher and other students piling on is much more intense, so I can see how some people really don't want anything to with math in later life. Those motherfucker teachers indeed!