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Maths – A Child’s Nightmare

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Have you ever thought why most students find math so scary? Many a times, I have wondered what is so scary about this most ancient subject. I came to a conclusion that it may be the very nature of the subject itself. Math means systematic steps, set of rules and abstract study.  Even though math is part of our daily life, the process of practicing or studying it is too cut off from reality. Students find it difficult to directly relate it to real life and most of the concepts are left to imagination. This very abstract and complex composition of math as a subject makes it difficult. The difficulty level of the subject along with the compulsion to follow a systematic methodology makes math a nightmare, especially for school kids. Here, we also need to understand the basic psychology of kids. Kids are more spontaneous and less methodical. They are curious about things around them. They rely more on their cognitive skills. In general, children take more interest in tasks that th