Top 10 Worst Things About Math Class

The way it's taught

Math nerds are annoying when they say how important it is for people who don't even understand. It is also not just the way it is taught, because they could have dyscalculia.

Even though I get every question right, my algebra teacher only gives me half credit on our quizzes and other assignments because I don't do it the way she wants it done.

How math is taught in school: Do this and that, don't question why.
How math should be taught in school: Do this because of this, and do that because of that.

Having material on tests that was never covered

YES! That fact is so true! My teacher's all like, "Yeah, you can do this, it's not that hard." Well, no duh, you're the math teacher!
The first twenty questions aren't terrible, but the last few? You spend ten minutes staring at them like, "What the heck is this? We didn't do this in class!"
The worst part is, he doesn't even give us our tests back after marking them. How are we supposed to know if we did well or not? How do we know what to work on? Then it just ends up on your report card! It sucks big time!

I didn't learn something, and it was on my paper, and I got the lowest grade. Oh my.

It's boring

It gets harder and harder

It turned into a real nightmare when fractions started.
I thought I would never be able to improve in P.E. My arms weren't flapping when I ran anymore, and with medical help for learning to jump and hop, I was starting to be able to catch a ball.

I'm in middle school - Math is killing me. All these stupid exponents, variables, constants, and all that jazz.
And why in the world would we ever have to construct angles and parallel lines with a compass, for heaven's sake?

When I was in Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade, it was like a piece of cake. Now I'm in 4th grade, and it's BLOODY HARD!

Getting mostly math homework

Well, I mean, it's math class, isn't that what we're talking about? Obviously, the homework is going to be about math!
Also, it's so you don't forget what you learned, because once you learn something, you need to review it or else you'll just forget it.

I get math homework every single day, including weekends. Add that to all of my unfinished ZAP work, and it's torture.

Ok, I'm back from those stupid 7 hours! No! Do this math! No! You kill me! Curse you, school!

Being required to attend summer school if you're not good at math

I had to go to summer school for math when I was in 10th grade.

The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and I HAVE THIS STUPID PIECE OF MATH WORK IN MY FACE!

Being forced to do it

Yes. It must be perfect, stunning, worthy of the impossible A+. Oh, and not just the answer - the solution too.
A misplaced number, and you can shove your grades in the trash.

A lot of the material being useless

I could go on and on about the nonsense my math teacher teaches my honors class.
I'm either going to be a scientist or play baseball, so I don't need algebra and whatnot.

Only addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division are useful in life.

I will never use 99% of what I learn. I can bet on it.

Having homework

*Flips table* Forget Pennywise. Math is the real sick joker.

It's confusing

Confusing is too simple. It's mental abuse to human beings.

Too confusing. Even if you are smart.

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Dividing with remainders

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Statistics

I nearly failed that class's midterm!

Not being allowed to take bathroom breaks

I mean seriously, it's stupid how teachers don't let people use the bathroom. If you hold your pee too long, it can cause serious health problems.
So, it's better for students to get sick just so they don't miss out on math tutorials? As if these math tutorials are more important than taking care of your health. NO! Health comes first. Using the bathroom isn't a privilege. It's a human right to take care of yourself.

That annoying moment when you have to use the bathroom, but the teacher won't let you go because they're afraid you'll miss out on a very important lesson.
Then it turns out to be a lesson you learned last year.

It's hard

Never using 95% of the material

I think you mean 99%. My mum has never needed to know the positive difference of 45 and 3/4 or the sum of 2/56786636366363. She's the entrepreneur of a company.
The only math-related thing she needed is graphs.

Teachers acting like it's your favorite thing in life

So true! Imagine you're just chilling at your desk in school, sighing because you obviously flunked the math test. Suddenly, a horrible, gleaming face beams at you, as if he has nothing better to do in life.
The math teacher asks if you enjoyed his test. The math teacher ends up in the hospital.

My 3rd-grade teacher thought it was my favorite subject. No, it's my worst.

They say it's not a waste of time when it really is a big waste of time.

Being the worst part of school

I don't like math. I prefer social studies and reading. There is too much memorizing.

Come on, why do we need to? WHY, WHY, WHY?!

Having a terrible teacher

Detention because you didn't do your homework, which was too hard.

He never explains anything. Seriously.

Forgetting how to do a single step

This is how I got most of the problems wrong. There are so many steps in a formula, and it's so hard to memorize them all in the correct order!

Having to show your work

Yeah, right! Like I will remember if I write the formula every time!
Why not just tell us the formula over and over instead of making us write it?

It's ridiculous

Having to remember equations

The statistics formulas were so confusing that I constantly did the problems in the wrong order!

It wastes your time

It wastes my recess sometimes.

Not understanding the material

I don't understand it sometimes, but I keep trying.

Algebra

I am in F.1, and it is so hard! Directed numbers and fractions worsen the condition.
You have to remember in which situations the number is directed or not. My brain is going to explode in 5 seconds. R.I.P.

Teachers getting very picky about how you do the work

My teacher gave me a bad grade because I didn't show my work!

That one student who keeps whining about getting things wrong

There's no problem at all with just asking for help, but even the teachers get sick of students whining, "Oh, I got it wrong!" every two minutes.
Seriously, these people need to stop feeling sorry for themselves and respect the fact that others around them are serious about improving their skills and passing the class without being childish about it.