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Maths?

TheCatWoman

Are we Brits genetically bad at maths, poorly taught or what? It seems so many of us ND and NT really struggle with it and have done for years, so much so that it almost seems to be a point of national pride that we're collectively so bad at it.

All I know is that I'm terrible at it and couldn't pass a GCSE grade 3, even with special tutoring, it meant I failed my access course, luckily it didn't stop me going to uni because I didn't need maths for history. What makes it even worse is I seem unable to use a calculator either, I can put the same numbers in 3 times and get 3 different answers.

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  • I find this thread very interesting, as Maths was the subject I was most successful in. I struggled in most other subjects because I had to remember facts and discuss them.

    The only reason I was good was because I learnt by doing. I have to say though that although my job now is in finance, so I have to use Maths, a lot of what I learnt I have now forgotten. To put this in perspective, we were only allowed to use tables and no calculators for the O level, but could use a Scientific calculator for the higher levels.

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  • I find this thread very interesting, as Maths was the subject I was most successful in. I struggled in most other subjects because I had to remember facts and discuss them.

    The only reason I was good was because I learnt by doing. I have to say though that although my job now is in finance, so I have to use Maths, a lot of what I learnt I have now forgotten. To put this in perspective, we were only allowed to use tables and no calculators for the O level, but could use a Scientific calculator for the higher levels.

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