Is it really the teaching which makes the difference though? I struggled with math through all levels of school. As an adult, I struggled with with programming,

Is it really the teaching which makes the difference though? I struggled with math through all levels of school. As an adult, I struggled with with programming, but I was self taught. After putting in the hours, I eventually learned enough to make a living from it. I then realized, that maybe the students who did well with math put the same effort as I did in learning programming. The difference between math and programming for me is that I immediately saw the utility of learning programming.