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Originally Posted by Dhomochevsky
My speculation is, that math produces that many fails, because it is in the nature of math that results can be clearly marked as right or wrong.
In many other subjects you can get by with almost no work, without understanding much and still pass with good grades. You get better at writing tests eventually, not so much at understanding the subject itself.
Math is the first subject that confronts many pupils with the need to work for their grades.
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I'm not sure about that. I've also seen students with a knack for the sciences struggle with learning foreign languages and the discipline required. For lazy people it's easier to learn to like what they are good at, rather than to learn to be good at what they like.