I grew up in San Francisco and experienced both public and private school mathematics . The former of which was astoundingly poorly run. It seemed the only way

I grew up in San Francisco and experienced both public and private school mathematics . The former of which was astoundingly poorly run. It seemed the only way to actually make headway for students that were ahead was for them to study on their own. The primary issue imo is that math teachers do not seek to inspire students to see mathematics for what is is- a structure way to reason as opposed to a calculation tool replaced by computers. These breeds not only an aversion to the subject by fails to fulfill the basic reason for teaching math. My best math teacher in school gave us a lecture on chaos - this was algebra class and we were able to generate a fractal by a simple set of coin tosses. This evolved into the discussion of how prbability, physics/randomness of coin tosses and the general notions of chaos and dynamical systems. But such initiative and teachers were never rewarded. It's sad to see that the education problems seem to be regressing