Can I please point out this is the point where many people get turned off from math, never to return? I HATED memorization. I was able to do the math in my hea

Can I please point out this is the point where many people get turned off from math, never to return? I HATED memorization. I was able to do the math in my head up through 10, but 11x11, 11x12 and the rest of the 12s eluded me, and I just really, really was not able to sit still and just do flashcards. I ended up only chancing back on math through programming and a course in logic in undergrad. Everything else was mostly self taught as needed.