Saturday, 28 April 2018

Why is maths hard? - difficulties faced by students and solutions to overcome them

I see a lot of people(students mostly) complaining and exaggerating about their difficulties when it comes to mathematics. Many of my friends even curse about the fact that they have to undergo the part where they have to put in a lot of effort and see disappointing results thereafter like always. But this is not true.

The following, in most cases, are the problems that can be seen:
1.Actual difficulty
2.Inability to understand the logic
3.Too lazy to even try
4.Vast syllabus
5.Lack of motivation
6.Inability to understand the purpose of the subject

Let's understand each of the problems and look into the solutions;
1. This can be accepted cause we all know how deep the subject is. But bear this truth 'anything in life which is valuable never can be easy to attain'. So we just have to make a routine to spend around 15 to 20 minutes everyday to go through the formula or to solve a sum or two.
2. Once again i understand the problem. The main purpose of math is to understand the actual logic behind every single step in a problem. So what do we do now? There is always a way. You can ask your teacher, sometimes combine studies with friends can help a lot, if affordable tuitions can also help, and the last which am pretty sure every single person can afford; Internet and YouTube. Must be surprising for many people but this is true. There are many websites that has useful content regarding the theories that helps to understand the logic behind the problems. There are videos in YouTube where you can find people explaining different mathematical problems 
3. I see many students complaining even without giving a try to solve a single problem. Now this is stupid cause if you don't try and learn no one else is going to do it for you; once again a fact. So if you are willing to try and learn something new everyday then am sure that your understanding will improve which in the end will give better results.
4. A common difficulty once again. We can all agree with the huge syllabus that we have to cover for our exams to be one hell of a burden. And so the best way to deal with this problem is to have a proper time management. We'll have to cut all the unnecessary activities and shift our focus for good, Splitting the portions and having a time table works, but bear this in mind that the routine has to be followed without any excuses. Preparation of short notes for every section of the chapter can be very useful when comes to the day before exam.
5. You might be brilliant but you end up screwing your exams. It's probably because you aren't motivated enough to put in the actual effort. If you want to end up with good results you will have to work hard day in and out. If you're determined to do something your focus should be nothing but to push through the pain.
6.In some cases people aren't interested in mathematics cause it's just not their thing or passion. First you must realise about your career and the areas that you must be good at. For example if you want to be an engineer, you do not have a choice but to be good at math. And so you will have to find your passion and also find a way start working at it instead of struggling to learn something that you hate.

I hope this helped and if not please mention in the comments and i will improve the quality of the content.

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