[Serious] What are your overall opinions on people who are idiots in math?

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Regular math is something I use every day as a bookkeeper.  Algebra makes me cry and I am sure anything more advanced would make me want to slit my wrists.

When I went to college a few years ago, I had to take and pass two Algebra classes.  Enough finally clicked, with lots of work on my part, so that I was able to get the credits I needed and actually did well.

I really think that if my HS teacher had a clue how to teach Algebra, I'd have done better.  But nuns are often assigned where they need a warm body and are not necessarily placed according to their skill.

I've seen that many times in the education biz. When I taught at a Waldorf school, no credential was required. Some of those "teachers" were more like babysitters. It was an incredible disservice for those children. When my sons were matriculating through elementary school, some of the teachers weren't good at math. The teachers who knew it and could teach it were used for those subjects. It was a Magnet school. Los Angeles Unified School District isn't all bad.