I'm smart in math but...

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I'm smart in math but It takes me forever to get it stuck in my head. Like I can't just learn it while the teacher teaches it like we have to review it a couple times before I notice patterns in what he's doing which can sometimes take weeks or months even.

So it takes you longer to learn? That's ok. What kind of maths do you like?

I can put up with pretty much anything except factoring hehe. I hate factoring!! ! And we're gonna be doing that next apparently!! !

Hey, I've always been a little like that.

Good at maths, & I learn a little differently from others, too.

I don't know if you're the same, but I generally find that while I can do the calculations on a functional level almost immediately, it takes ages for me to actually understand what I'm doing..

Luckily in maths to pass the tests it's often sufficient to just be able to solve the problems functionally.

To understand the actual principles behind what we're learning, I'd have to revise and come to my own understanding in my own time.
It may only take 5 minutes of revision at home, followed by mulling it over for 4 hours at home while I'm casually cleaning my room or doing dishes or something, followed by re-reading over it & then having a moment of profound understanding.

The good thing about this is once I understand the basic stuff, I don't tend to ever forget it.

My learning style might be a little different to most people's. I'm OK with that. I believe it's great to know what suits me best, & learn that way.

Hope that factoring turns out to be not-so-bad

There was once in studying logarithms that I did not understand what the teacher was saying. I had been advised by her if I did not understand something to raise my hand and ask. After a few minutes of her answering to no avail I wrote it out on paper and visualized it and understood it without paying attention to her.

Suddenly I found that I was extremely fast in the calculations but just had trouble first understanding it.

Math has always been this way for me. Presented the right way I can learn it well. Afterwards, my proficiency is far beyond any of the other students. I have a special gift in math with a math IQ of over 155. But sometimes I still struggle with it.

It's kind of late to be posting here now but I shall anyways. I also don't like factoring; I kind of hate it right now--which is mostly because I don't yet get it very well. I used to hate math entirely and didn't care to learn it much, but now I'm starting to like it a little bit and I want to get better at it.