Do I have a condition if I can't understand math beyond the simplest basics?

Question

I'm a homeschooler and I'm pretty good at every other subject except math. I love the literature aspect of school, but whenever it comes to math, what takes most people five minutes takes me forty five and I don't even understand the formula or problem well at all. I've asked my mom and brother (who's awesome at math) to explain things to me, but it hardly works.
It's scary how much I don't understand compared to everything else I do, which I catch onto the basics rather quickly. Is that a condition or something? :( What should I do if it is? Should I get a tutor?

Answer 1

i am not any type of on expert but here is my 2 cents. math is just that type of a subject that is very abstract and it is only taught in a certain way that some people under stand. everyone learns differently and there are many different ways of teaching but unfortunately only one or two ways are used to teach. you will have to seek out teachers or tutors who teach in non-conventional ways of teaching math. i was lucky to find some at WSU (Dr. Khan or is it Kahn). Maybe you need to be taught using real life examples (so ask for real life examples) or by pictures, graphs...... I had a real tuff time with math, but then i started "living" in the math tutoring center and getting help by many different tutor on same problems. then after calculus 1 then it all started to make sense. at the beginning it all seems pointless, you are not told what you are looking to achieve or get out of the class. it all seemed useless to me because of that.



don't worry too much, your brain is just wired differently, meaning you should be good at other things way better then most people.



you can also try this website that i know of

http://www.khanacademy.org/



good luck

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I'm in homeschool too, plus I'm horrible at math.No one can explain it to me right it seems like.Could be a condition.