> “‘good at math’ [but] in fact they have no real mathematical talent and are just very good at following directions.” Ain't that the truth. I was always told

> “‘good at math’ [but] in fact they have no real mathematical talent and are just very good at following directions.” Ain't that the truth. I was always told the same thing, but I was awful at most math concepts past high school algebra. I didn't realize it until after college, but the misunderstanding seems to stem from the fact that, for most people, being good at math means being fast at arithmetic and remembering the algebra strategies. That's all their experience in math is, so it's all they can comment on.