Sometimes the brain just isn't ready to understand at the time. I struggled with math early on because why the fuck do I care what the cicumference of a circle

Sometimes the brain just isn't ready to understand at the time. I struggled with math early on because why the fuck do I care what the cicumference of a circle is? When things don't have some practical relevance, they are harder to learn. To motivate someone, you must find a way to tie in the subject to something they are genuinely interested in.