> I really wish that calculus (and the rest of mathematics) would be taught in a much more abstract way in school That's valid, but you're probably in a very s

> I really wish that calculus (and the rest of mathematics) would be taught in a much more abstract way in school That's valid, but you're probably in a very small minority. I took calculus in high school and then real analysis in college, and I still usually think about calculus geometrically whenever possible.