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I'd just like to note that math in early years is taught as rote memorization problems and doing things over and over again like memorization. Contrast this wit

I'd just like to note that math in early years is taught as rote memorization problems and doing things over and over again like memorization. Contrast this with higher level math which is highly creative...

0xFFC 10y ago
This is my exact problem. For my whole life i was afraid of math, after i (i had to took it, it was not my choice) took real Analysis class and watched Francis Su Real Analysis videos, I realized i like math more than CS (and cs was my only love in my entire life.). Right now i am starting abstract Algebra and i have plan to took probability and number theory after that. I am literally in love with math. It does feelit is the only reason i was born in the first place. I sometimes think i have to change my career to math. And something i am really feel is brain plasticity. It may not have proven.But i can feel in my self, as much as i go deeper into math, i do realize it makes more sense, i can feel its effect on my day to day life, the way i think, the more effective way I Analysis circumstances.
- deepnotderp 10y ago
  Haha, that's great, good job :) Side note: Su's real analysis videos are great aren't they?
  - 0xFFC 10y ago
    They are excellent, literally. I start to love math after I understand math, and he was the one showed me how to understand math. Every one of those proofs was enjoyable, more than anything i have ever done. P.S. if he was accessible for me , I would go to every class he goes, every office hour he has. I would just stick to the guy until I can find my way in mathematics.
  - 0xFFC 10y ago
    The only problem i have across is speed of my brain, i want to understand faster, for example i want to complete a whole material of abstract algebra (for 2,3 year ungradate math students) in one week or less. But my brains says nah. I keep pushing it, but after 7,8 hour a day, its performance hits a block and i have to play game or talk to a friend to start again.
- spicytunacone 10y ago
  Hey, just want to chime in and say keep at it. I don't come from a highly educated family nor was I especially fond of maths, but one good advanced math course with a really brilliant professor in my undergrad made me switch majors. And yes, I also started to feel like everything around me was falling in its place; it's quite a rush, huh? I haven't read the article yet, but no matter what anyone else says or what you read I hope you continually pursue your love of math. :)
- dagw 10y ago
  I did almost exactly the same thing. I was one of those kids that was always 'good' at math, but somewhere during high school they managed to effectively kill any interest I'd ever had in math. I went into university with the intention of studying computer science and a plan to try to take as few math classes as I could get away with. However after my first 'real' math course at university I instantly realised that I actually loved math (always had) and switched from CS to math at the end of the semester.
- throwaway5752 10y ago
  I am (in a sense) a mathematician, and you've made my day! Keep at it. Get to complex analysis, it's remarkable.

0xFFC 10y ago

This is my exact problem. For my whole life i was afraid of math, after i (i had to took it, it was not my choice) took real Analysis class and watched Francis Su Real Analysis videos, I realized i like math more than CS (and cs was my only love in my entire life.). Right now i am starting abstract Algebra and i have plan to took probability and number theory after that. I am literally in love with math. It does feelit is the only reason i was born in the first place. I sometimes think i have to change my career to math. And something i am really feel is brain plasticity. It may not have proven.But i can feel in my self, as much as i go deeper into math, i do realize it makes more sense, i can feel its effect on my day to day life, the way i think, the more effective way I Analysis circumstances.

deepnotderp 10y ago
Haha, that's great, good job :) Side note: Su's real analysis videos are great aren't they?
- 0xFFC 10y ago
  They are excellent, literally. I start to love math after I understand math, and he was the one showed me how to understand math. Every one of those proofs was enjoyable, more than anything i have ever done. P.S. if he was accessible for me , I would go to every class he goes, every office hour he has. I would just stick to the guy until I can find my way in mathematics.
- 0xFFC 10y ago
  The only problem i have across is speed of my brain, i want to understand faster, for example i want to complete a whole material of abstract algebra (for 2,3 year ungradate math students) in one week or less. But my brains says nah. I keep pushing it, but after 7,8 hour a day, its performance hits a block and i have to play game or talk to a friend to start again.
spicytunacone 10y ago
Hey, just want to chime in and say keep at it. I don't come from a highly educated family nor was I especially fond of maths, but one good advanced math course with a really brilliant professor in my undergrad made me switch majors. And yes, I also started to feel like everything around me was falling in its place; it's quite a rush, huh? I haven't read the article yet, but no matter what anyone else says or what you read I hope you continually pursue your love of math. :)
dagw 10y ago
I did almost exactly the same thing. I was one of those kids that was always 'good' at math, but somewhere during high school they managed to effectively kill any interest I'd ever had in math. I went into university with the intention of studying computer science and a plan to try to take as few math classes as I could get away with. However after my first 'real' math course at university I instantly realised that I actually loved math (always had) and switched from CS to math at the end of the semester.
throwaway5752 10y ago
I am (in a sense) a mathematician, and you've made my day! Keep at it. Get to complex analysis, it's remarkable.