Math develops musical skills. Many people know that Albert Enshtein, one of the most famous math geniouses in the world played violine and it helped him in his achivements. So you can encourage your student to go in for music in order to develop math skills.

I have been teaching Math and was able to increase the interest of only the ones that did not hate the subject, by an appropriate selection of problems; in other cases a good problem book that includes worked out solutions, like the ones in the Schaum or REA collections could decrease the fear and the hate for Math; I will act more like a 'couch' than like a 'teacher', asking for a certain number of problems to be solved for each week, to strengthen those weak Math muscles, and reach at least the minimum that future studies or admission exams might require (of course nothing in the Math, Physics or Engineering departments).

hm，no. Hate math, hate calculate.

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Mathematics as no other science, requires very good grounds, as due to its extension and accuracy, no place for improvisation. The ability for mathematics does not develop over time. Was born with the ability to visualize where you have to put you to get a correct answer to a math problem. Aside from having the innate ability, we must enrich it with the practice of many exercises that prepare the way for resolving problems with a higher degree of difficulty .. It is not easy to pretend that the overnight emerge the genius or love for a subject as complex and great career as mathematics.