I feel the same on the Maths part, and have recently found an excellent essay that depicts how this is the case and why we shouldn't be put off by the terrible

I feel the same on the Maths part, and have recently found an excellent essay that depicts how this is the case and why we shouldn't be put off by the terrible "mathematics" we were taught at school: A Mathematician's Lament http://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf http://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/devlin/LockhartsL...