“And yet I eventually understood all of it . . . it’s just that I was kind of like a year behind schedule.”
I know a fellow (Masters in math, a whiz in math applications in software) who says that math is best learned “twice baked,” meaning that the second time you learn a chunk of math, it settles in your head, and you go from a modest competency to something closer to mastery.
In my sons’ high school, much of the first quarter (even the first semester) of each math class is a recapitulation of the prior year's work. Some folks (like my younger son) think this is a pure waste of time, but for many folks (like my older son), it gives them a chance to really solidify what they sort of half-got the year before.
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That’s a good point. Thanks for reinforcing that for me!