I hated math all through high school because it made no sense and I didn't see the point in learning it......so of course, I grew up and found that I LOVE teaching math! Because of quilting (really because I never met a pattern that I didn't need to alter in some way!) math makes sense to me. And because of my bad experiences learning it, I teach everything that I can in at least two ways----and tell my students to pick the one that makes the most sense to their brains, because all brains work differently! All of what everybody said resonates with me.....I think sometimes our brains need to mature before we really understand things......