PARENTS AND TEACHERS PASS ON MATH ANXIETY TO KIDS LIKE A VIRUS
Why do intelligent people like to claim that they are poor at math? Petra Bonfert-Taylor, an engineering professor at Dartmouth College, criticises the situation. Few people would think to announce their poor writing or reading skills with pride. Bonfert-Taylor, who has witnessed far too many instances of adults “passing on like a virus,” has a crucial message for math-averse parents and educators: “We are passing on the phobia for mathematics from generation to generation… Too many of…