Tricky thing about science... I find sciences can be drastically different from one another. For example, comparing biology to physics is like comparing health to geometry. I tend to do really well in science courses, regardless, but they certainly differ more from one another than other subject areas, as far as I can see. I'm not particularly thrilled when people refer to my planned biology/premed (biology with medical school in mind, really... flat-out, I am a bio major) major as a science major because it isn't, really. I like most sciences, but biology is a completely separate beast from physics or chemistry. It's less mathematically-based in a lot of ways, for example. I see how the classification umbrella that covers labeled sciences as sciences works, but science can be a very broad topic to the point where I prefer addressing the differing sciences individually. I could easily see how one person could love astronomy or earth science and turn around to dislike biology and hate chemistry/physics, for example, because the courses are different in what they entail (methodologically and content-wise). There's even a huge difference between molecular and ecological biology.

Yep. Good at Science (specifically Geology), Literature, Fine Arts, History, Government...

Bad at Math. And anything related to it. Calculus, Geometry, Algebra...nope.

I need to go back to college...

I averaged everything when I was still in school. Didn't really have problems with any subject. I used to get the highest grades in maths, accounts and physics. However, except for French, I did well in Maltese and English too.

I'm good at math and writing.. *shrug* So I'd say no, it's not true for me.

No. I'm an engineer. By occupation, I have to be good at maths and physics. One of my strengths though comes in my ability to write up and present things. I aced English at school, and try to keep my language skills in good working order. Just don't ask me to do anything artistic.

no rules without exceptions. i can count several people i know who do good in EVERYTHING they try their hands at

I used to think I was terrible at math and physics and inherently inclined to nalguages and humanities, but I found out it's just not true in the Uni. In school I would've been terrible at everything had my patents not hired a good English tutor with an awesome approach. She made me feel confident. When I'm confident and percieve myself as capable, I actualy become more capable of learning. If I believe I svck, I WILL svck.
I think it's true for most people, but for me it's critical.
I had a great sociology teacher but I saw no purpose in her subject(at least the way she presented it) so I got the lowest passing grade and was content with it, although I'm supposed to be awesome at humanities.
I am average at physics and math. Although I approach anything I do with the same method - practice oriented, while at the same time trying to know the subject as thoroughly as possible to impress myself and others and to enjoy it more.
I enjoy calculus(integrals specificaly) immensely. Never thought I would.

I'm very good at English and terrible at maths. So it's true for me...

I had a friend who got straight A's in everything once...

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I've always been average in math classes and good in English classes. On my SATs, I got 510 in the math section and a 730 in the critical reading section.

It was true for me in school. Did great in English, but really struggled in Maths. I think I might have had some sort of natural aptitude for it and then focused more on it because that's what I was good at. Plus I only had one teacher who made Maths interesting and by the time I had him I was in my teens and couldn't even multiply, so I was a lost cause I think.

I do well in everything practical, like art or woodwork and cooking, but not so well in what ever category English comes under
I do well in like I said, Art, Woodwork, cooking and maths
Not so well in English, Music, and learning foreign languages

(This was like 3 years ago during school, I've since improved in everything but Music)

I'm also terrible at practical things bar cooking. I'm not good at following things to a rule. In maths there is one right answer, if you're making a bench, you need to be very specific and detailed.

I've always been good at improvising and using instinct. I'm good at languages too, I picked up Spanish within 3 months of living there, whilst a lot of my classmates couldn't even after 3 years.

I get great grades in all classes, and I love both mathematics and English/ grammar etc.

School is actually quite fun for me.

I remember before I dropped out I had an 80 something in programming and maybe 30 something in English

I think it's just because I'm incredibly lazy if I'm not interested in something.. But I do really svck at English still

Edit: It also depends heavily on the teacher

Math is an invention of humans, a tool, a language that expresses conditions and spatial relationships,
If you are having trouble with a subject, and did well in a similiar subject within the same family, you are not responding well to your teacher, and need to converse with them to rectify the situation.
Math, science, literature, foreign language, composition are nothing to fear, just tools that we use to communicate with one another. I find it common that people have an unconscious prejudice towards a certain subject because they had difficulty grasping it at first.

I did well in everything.

I suppose its true for me. I excel in most of my classes, but I have always had trouble with math of any kind.

It's somewhat true for me. I excel in my English, Latin, Science, and History classes, but I'm not as great at Math. I'm not really that bad at Math that I could be considered bad at it, which I'm grateful for, but I definitely don't excel at it like I do in my other classes.

And you'd think that with not being so good at Math, I wouldn't be so great at Chemistry or Physics, but oddly enough I find the math there a lot easier to understand.

Brains are funny, aren't they?

You remind me of me... a lot of you remind me of me... what's with all the math hatred?

Math is simply a gift bestowed upon few people...including my brother and my dad, lucky bastards

I think the supposed left-right/maths-language distiction is to some extent more a product of culture - a mix of upbringing, teaching, etc... Both subjects can be taught in a way that suits different people, but the way they are taught tends to polarize kids into being good at one or the other.

I was always good at both without really trying. In fact the only subjects I ever really had trouble with at school were the ones I didn't care about, and even some of those weren't much of a challenge.

I think certain parts of linguistics (grammar especially) and most of mathematics - especially those parts which are most closely related to "pure" logic - are to some extent something you're either good at or not. I found myself (and know a couple of friends who felt this way also) that I could do a lot of the stuff we went through before it was formally taught, and the teaching just tidied up the way I instinctively thought about it.

And conversely, there are things that I'm not good at and probably never will be. But I don't think those things (nor the things I am good at) are necessarily tied to any particular school subjects. Subjects and disciplines aren't the only ways of dividing up different ways of thinking...

EDIT: And actually, to illustrate that point, I think it's funny how the opening post splits up "algebra" and "geometry". We never had that divide, and maths in British schools involves similar amounts of both at all levels.

Yup.
I've always had a harder time in math, but last year went pretty well. My teacher was fabulous. (and I go to a homeschool co-op is this isn't just my family teaching me) She made the whole class get up, find a place on the wall and stand on our heads to help us review like dividing fractions/recipricols. (flipping the second fraction upside down.) She'd always do stuff like that and I can really easily remember that. (that was pre-algebra)
But this year in Algebra 1, my teacher is really good, but she doesn't do any of that kinda stuff with us. But also its a high-school course, but still it's harder for me to learn because we don't do those things like I did in Pre-Algebra. And the curriculem is terrible. Did anyone else use the McDougal Littell series?

It sounds familiar, but I don't recall much about it, particularly.

Yes, like they take the easiest example in the book, and start solving it. They go like step 1, step 2, step 3, like not explaining it, just showing like "ok, this is what you should have when your done with step one, this is what you should have for step 2, this is what you should have for step 3," without showing how to get from step one to step two. I hope I'm not too confusing. I'm just angry and I don't know what I'm saying! First time I can vent about this stupid curriculem! I'd burn the book at the end of the year but it's a rental so I can't!

i'm good with english, but i'm so terrible at math it isn't even funny.