There's been an increase in the number of students who revealed that they hate Maths, which made them prefer Arts subjects to science subjects. If you do not like Maths let us know your reason(s).

I guess its simple as been "hard for them"

they keep been asked to find "X" and "Y"

;d

I hated mathematics from primary school till secondary school. I cheated my way through secondary school until i took SSCE and my yansh was exposed! One year of tutoring from a Mechanical Engineering graduate in Nigeria that worked for my dad turned me into a Math Guru from an OLODO! I hated math because i was scared of my teachers and the method they had used while growing up! Today i can proudly hold up my head and say the least grade I have had in any Math course in College from Calc 1 to calc 4 (differential equations) was an A-. Math went from my worst enemy to my best friend, and it bolstered my aptitude skills in general!

its something that needs to be worked on, if true.

nigeria used to have a lot of math whizzes.

lol

I think a lot of students hate maths because most teachers don't do a good job in relating the usefulness of maths to every day life. Besides the basic addition, subtraction, and multiplication, many students don't know why they are learning maths. This may make them hate it.

math requires a lot of practice, and i suspect some students who arent math geniuses but who might still be good at it if they worked harder, simply arent ready to make time for that.

my life was much when maths was about numbers
later this nonsense started marrying alphabet
E.G 2 + x mulitiply by B
very ridiculous
find y when x isnt given
where is y i dont knw
all i knw is y has a long tail and two branches

Because most Nigerian maths teachers try as much as possible to make it seem as intractable as possible. . .

. . .but e even be like say dem get more people wey dey goodu for maths pass people wey dey goodu for English sef.

guess this sums it, but on a serious note,
i guess its kinda abstract for em.
few give up before they put in plenty effort,
atimes some concepts are hard to grab until you get the right teacher.
it only gets worse by the day.

but e even be like say dem get more people wey dey goodu for maths pass people wey dey goodu for English sef.

^^not sure but that's a bit doubtful.

^^^
in my secondary school, SS2 to be precise,
half of us would have been asked to repeat coz most of us scored below 50 in English but passed maths.

thats just my school and that set though.

^^oh, ok.

however, maybe you were in a science class?

there's usually one of those, one social science, two arts, one one more which doesnt come to mind.

or two sciences, one social, one arts, etc etc.

not sure what the current system is.

^^^

smart guess yea, twas a science school, still we were been thought english so that aint an excuse.

many people who are good at math might be lower in english.

i mean might not do so well in english though this isnt always the case.

@ topic

eastern europeans [in their countries] and asians seem to consistently do rather well in the sciences though.

hated maths in nigeria. i love math now.

MATHS ?? Undoubtedly the best subject/course ever  . . . . . . .

I think the right foundation has to be laid early on from nursery and primary school for maths to be an enjoyable subject.

I remember being lined up at the back of the classroom with other pupils in primary school, and made to recite the times table with our teacher (cane in hand) hovering around menancingly. I hated those sessions and my mind always seemed to go AWOL when it came to my turn to recite . Me always getting the hard ones like 7 or 9 times-table didn't help matters also .

Also, there needs to be more emphasis on smaller groups of pupils (like 5 per teacher) or study groups, for better interaction. Large classrooms helps those finding maths difficult to easily 'disappear', and they may feel embarrassed to ask questions if they're not moving at the same pace as most of their colleagues.

i gues its because of the way its been taught.

i like geometry, some simple equations, and dont recall what else.

aside from that, need much practice.

quadratic equation in sec school was the subject feared by many, and which we all got goosebumps over even before the class.

people spoke of it in whispers as if na one dreaded masquerade.

Used to complain about Maths until I met Physics.

I remember in SS3, my best friend went to the board and solved a geometric proof my teacher was struggling with! I was stunned.
The teacher (A youth corp member) was very gracious in admitting defeat and he even applauded my friend. Tolu, I am talking about u oh!

I was very good at maths in school and I think what helped is the quantitative lessons we would get. I still want to learn more because almost everything is life has to do with it and I just need time to go online and study and learn by myself.

We had this teacher in Uni that was lost on a computation the whole class knew and the guy was arguing with us, lol.
some lecturers funny sha

Can't modify so sorry for the errors

Cos it's only awesome and fun when I'm not lazy

By geometry i meant the basic stuff about parallelograms and calculating angles.

Nothing fancy.

Hope i used the right term sef.

And yes, teachers (both at home and in school) do play a big part in a student's math aptitude although you can lead a horse to water but getting it to is another thing entirely.

Hmm, now i remember one of the rare times i and my friends had evening lessons from one young guy who organized them. He did help me with my math understanding and was very professional in spite of the fact that he was dealing with mostly teenage girls.

I meant lead a horse to water but getting it to drink is something else entirely.