Psychology

How I Was Haunted By Math Anxiety And What I Did To Make Math Fun And Profitable

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For years I had math anxiety.

Maybe it was because we suddenly switched to the “new math” in 5th grade. We’d been doing long division the French way (where you subtract in your head), and then we’re playing with plastic disks like little kids. Welcome to number theory. The teacher was…