Anyone interested in this should probably read Seymour Papert's _Mindstorms_: there are multiple routes to mathematical ability. (As well as, of course, other a

Anyone interested in this should probably read Seymour Papert's _Mindstorms_: there are multiple routes to mathematical ability. (As well as, of course, other abilities). Mentions the story of a child he observed who he believed was turned mathophobic by school — ironically due to his high verbal ability. The school actively penalized a verbal route to math which likely would've served him best.