[zamadatix]

Funny, I always took it to the inverse - the ones naturally good at math loved these kinds of exercises (and got even better as a result) and the other kids hated the exercises since they took forever, were difficult, and they couldn’t understand why it mattered they became good at them. Making it more relevant is helpful to both groups but more so the ones that didn’t already have a reason to be interested no? Either way as long as you can convince them practice is a good thing you’re golden.

[sylogizmo]

I'd wager that a typical math homework felt like a grind to everyone sooner or later, depending on overall load and topic, so the attitude towards it would be as personal as with anything else. I was never one of those IMO-level exceptionals, though scored OK nationally, and hated doing essentially same problem 50 times in a row. My friends were chiller on average, but I never noticed any skill-loathing relation.