@inthehands @mekkaokereke @longobord
i went through calculus more than once. (more than twice...).
problem was lousy teachers, i found out. when i finally had a teacher who was a physics person at an army lab, he'd explain underlying concepts, show concrete examples of how things were used, showed how things related. it was revelatory. got straight As and actually learned.
kids aren't dumb. many methods of teaching are.