Anecdotally, I am also not in agreement with you on this. Another poster mentioned not 'getting' algebra until 10th grade--this didn't happen to me until roughl

Anecdotally, I am also not in agreement with you on this. Another poster mentioned not 'getting' algebra until 10th grade--this didn't happen to me until roughly my second year of college. Anyway, I eventually became very motivated to excel at math. I ended up changing majors, transferring to a school with a more serious math program, and doing so well under a very heavy courseload that I won some department honors and scholarships. I basically went from not knowing high school (middle school?) algebra to demolishing my Rudin course in about 3 years. Honestly I think most people could do this and probably a lot more if they had the desire and access to a university/books