this is definitely one of the problems I have always had. There seems to be so much "lore" hidden in various axioms about these things that often some derived c

this is definitely one of the problems I have always had. There seems to be so much "lore" hidden in various axioms about these things that often some derived concept like determinants that seems to relate to nothing intuitive are taught to the exclusion of insight generating concepts. They seem to think it's a clever way to teach to do this and then later on reveal the magic behind the curtains, saying "see this is how determinants work!". But for me I was lost and gave up trying to understand 6 lectures ago.