[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.

[Albion Wilde]

...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.

I agree with that. I also found the same thing in business -- execs just talking lingo out of their azzes.