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I'm highschool student and computer science maniac. To get into good computer science studies I need to be good at math and I really sucks at math. Even on this easy tests in school for 1 exercise from 5 I have to spend my whole time and because of that I have terrible grades.

I would like to like math and enjoy it, but it's not clear for me at all and boring af. Every minute of time which I spend on learning math sucks. At the same time I can spend whole my day by tinkering and reading about computer science. In computer science everything is clear for me. There's a lot of great documentation, manual pages and resources.

In the case of math the most things which I find on internet are just ads of paid courses preparing for exam or other shit behind a paywalls. Still there's a lot of content from which I can get knowledge but I don't consider them to be exactly what I'm looking for. Maybe I should try resources in English language. At least I have school book for math which is not that bad.

I hate equations because when I'm doing them I ALWAYS make mistakes, I'm getting lost when I have to rewrite numbers multiple times.

I hate these stupid math language and symbols which is saying nothing to me.

I hate my math teacher, because he just don't care and I can't get normal answer for my questions without nastiness.

When I learning something I have these hard moments but then finally I achieve my goal, I'm getting my reward and I'm happy. But when I'm learning math there's no any reward, only punishments and bad grades.

I'm not idiot and I have the best grades in my class expect math where even complete idiots can be better than me.

I was thinking to maybe connect programming with math but I don't know how. I know that for stuff like that Python or R are great but for right now I'm obsessed on C programming.

Sorry if this post is complete nonsense for you (like math for me). I can't speak with sense as I don't understand what is wrong with me or this math. I just wanted to let off steam. I really would like to enjoy math as it seems to be interesting topic. I was interested about it as kid but school completely destroyed my passion.

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[–] mlody@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I can agree with you - I'm missing fundamentals and this is why I see that shit as completely random stuff. I think that these fundamentals were skipped during my education. Saying that math was fun and logical for you in highschool is depressing me. I don't think that math is following the same rules.

  1. I don't know full multiplication tables, but I can use calculator in school on test and on any exam.
  2. ^ ∨ I always have problem with understanding these symbols. I understand & and | symbols but when we're speaking about these symbols ^ ∨ I'm always forgetting which is and and which is or. But as I understand & and | from programming these symbols lost any sense for me in math when had absolute value topic. We had some "clock method" which was about turning this symbols upside down to making this equations and I wasn't understanding what is going on. So I understand most of the symbols but it's hard for me to understand in which context they're used if you know what I mean.
  3. That's what I have to learn but I don't want to.
  4. I know how to solve qubic equations, but I'm really slow at it. I didn't have cubic equations at school.

Math in my school is COMPLETE CHAOS. I don't see any logic in it, it's just random shit for me. It would be better for me if I didn't have to walk to this school and waste my time on that and instead just learning to exams on my own rules. I even don't have time to get acquainted with the current topic and I hate something like "I have to know that topic for the next week"

[–] Melobol@lemmy.ml 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
  1. I only will say this from my viewpoint - knowing multiplication tables is kinda a must. Calculators are fine and dandy but you should be able to multiply or divide complex and not round numbers - without any outside help. You don't need to do it all the time, but you do need to understand how is it done.
  2. those are logic symbols. These you actually have to sit down and learn. And more you use them more familiar they will become.
  3. These things going to be used all the time while solving equations. For me it was easier to learn them after I actually solved them myself. You can do (a+b)(a+b) then sum up everything at the end. (a+b)(a-b) and so on...
  4. slow is good. Speed comes with practice, if you understand them and can figure out the solution by doing it step by step slowly - and at the end you check your solution and adds up - you are good to go!

The biggest problem usually when someone don't want to do something, while they have to. Whenever you are forced to learn, the process will be slow with suffering.
Schools should entice and lead and make you want to learn - but if this is missing, then you are on your own - and that's not good. People don't enjoy doing stuff that they suck at (hence I avoid Elden Ring like a plague).

Unfortunately this is the "being adult" part. When you either keep suffering or try to work on your own attitude. If you can't change the world - then you can change the way you interact with.
And By the title of this post, you are hoping to change it for the better. It will take time but I believe you can learn to love Math.

[–] mlody@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Thank you for your suggestions! I will be working on improving myself! 😊