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My husband is terrified of mathematics but he's a great programmer. I'm no genius when it comes to the subject because it's not my passion. I've only used degree-level math a couple of times in the (mumble) years since I graduated and I had to dig the textbooks out and revise it every time.

My husband and I went to uni together. I dragged him through the mandatory maths units in the computer science degree by reframing the equations we were working on as "a bunch of steps, just like code" and he got through the unit, but our lecturer was a horrible, impatient person and managed to reinforce his fear of the subject.

A lot of people I know have similar stories. Maths and physics seem to attract teachers who think (out loud) that students who don't intuitively "get it" are beneath them.