I will say the lack of enthusiasm stems from the poor teaching in general in mathematics. Most professors/teachers seem to assign work without suggesting other resources for assistance besides the written text. They lecture until their time is done. Afterwards, they cannot be found for another week. Sometimes concepts are difficult to grasp, and the teacher simply keep pounding the turf without thoroughly covering a given topic. This is obviously non-effective for any person. They are NOT doing their job OUTSIDE of the classroom.

Math would be much more enjoyable if it weren't thrust in your face, and kids/adults will have greater success by practicing much more with it. Math requires an enormous amount of practice, and should be taught in-class just as such. Grill, grill, grill.

Every kid is pampered now, and many rely on machines to do the calculations for them. I know people at my level of education that can not manage 43 x 62 in their heads! My God, man! Sometimes they don't even know their powers of 2!!!

Math is a repetitious, but it is far more beneficial than anything a writing class offers. In a writing class, the skill is either there (in conveying a fictional tale) or not. In a math class, you either know it or you don't, but it CAN be learned with many hours of practice and vocal elaboration.