I personally found that learning math was far easier as an adult. Like the author, I sucked in grade school. I learned multiple foreign languages. I did well in

I personally found that learning math was far easier as an adult. Like the author, I sucked in grade school. I learned multiple foreign languages. I did well in the sciences. History and geography were simple. Math? It was the one thing that escaped me. As an adult, after various misadventures, entering into college everything was different. My mind was more disciplined, my teacher was far better, and I was more humble. It was easy then.