For some reason this reminds me of maths at university - I initially hated it (and was dreadful at it) but had to do it because there was no flexibility in the

For some reason this reminds me of maths at university - I initially hated it (and was dreadful at it) but had to do it because there was no flexibility in the course - you had to do 3 years of general engineering maths or fail the course. I eventually ended up really liking maths and focusing on more abstract and maths heavy elements of computer science.