But the parents also suffered through incompetent math instruction. Unless they are among the few who loved the subject anyway, they're not going to be able to

But the parents also suffered through incompetent math instruction. Unless they are among the few who loved the subject anyway, they're not going to be able to help. > Just an aside, wouldn't this be expressed as "taught poorly"? I don't think there's anything wrong with "badly" here, and at least one dictionary [0] seems to support me; see esp. sense 2. But "poorly" works just as well. [0] http://www.dictionary.com/browse/badly http://www.dictionary.com/browse/badly