[Albion Wilde]

The kid that struggles with algebra will often excel at geometry. Algebra is so much abstraction, an linear thinking. But geometry is shapes, and getting it is more intuitive.

That was certainly my experience. And I only needed sort of basic arithmatical accounting to run my design business. It was a blow to the self-esteem, tho, when the algebra teacher wouldn't help me "because I was a girl." These days, it would be a lawsuit.

[editor-surveyor]

>> “The kid that struggles with algebra will often excel at geometry.” <<

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The reason for that is the extensive use of ‘jargon’ in Algebra classes. Rather than explaining what was really being done, teachers would use terms like “Transpose” and give a list of Rules of how to transpose, instead of simply stating that it amounted to performing the same operation to both sides of the equation.

My step-daughter got hung up on that crap until I spent a long evening discussing her difficulties, and realized that they had managed to turn simple operations into mystical magic.