PERSEVERANCE OR A BORN ‘MATH GENIUS’
When i was in middle school, i was an average student, but
my weakest point was maths. Scoldings or encouragement nothing could change it,
so my mother reflects even today. With a tonn of cousins going places with
amazing math results, i thought it will always remain a mystery to me.
When it came to choosing subjects in high school, i made
sure maths was nowhere near me in any way possible even though I enjoyed
physics and solving little less tricky theorems.
I wish someone had told me at that time that maths is not
about eating all your green vegetables or a gift which I seemed to have lost
when it came to me even though Ii had good share of relatives and solving and
acing all the scary math sums. I thought
“I simply did not had it in my DNA’ Hence the medical profession and I cheered
myself through as i thought i was done with maths forever.
I didn’t flunk any of the exams but i could not muster even
average score ,even though I made sure my other subjects covered for my
shortcoming. I wish someone at that time had told me that maths is all about
perseverance and not about what kind of math genius brains you have.
Studies have shown that students who spend more time at
solving mathematical queries are better at it than those who give up too soon.
We forget all the time that maths is an activity you learn by doing instead of
mugging it up. The whole point being you are never born a maths genius, you
eventually become one by doing things regularly and keep doing them and not
giving up. Working hard is what makes the difference.
Talking to your child about it and keep going at it will
surely make the difference. Its just simple, you do not give up on your child
so that your child does not give up on mathematics.
Remember if i knew that its not that you need to be a maths
person to learn maths “i would have ended up differently, if only my parents
had the information and the technology we have today” says Dr. Naina Arora from
projectsforschool.com
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