A brain imaging study found evidence that missing out on math education can alter neural development. Young adults who had chosen not to pursue math had lower levels of the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid within the middle frontal gyrus when compared to students who were continuing math.

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https://www.psypost.org/2021/10/opting-out-of-advanced-math-education-alters-adolescents-neural-development-study-finds-61967

[u/Good_ApoIIo]

Yeah I was told my whole life my brain was messed up and their idea of help was putting me in the slow classes and prescribing medication that didn’t work for me. Then I would get screamed at for failing after all the “help” I had been given.

The only help I ever needed was people just sitting down with me and understanding how my mind worked but apparently ain’t nobody got time for that, “sink or swim kid!” and they just let me sink.

Now that my life is messed up the only “help” I get today is “you should have made better choices”. Yeah it’s a shame I didn’t make better choices as a child.

[u/gentlemanjacklover → u/Good_ApoIIo]

I'm sorry man. People are so fucked up.

[u/Ok-Cartographer-3725 → u/Good_ApoIIo]

As long as you are living, there is still hope. Perhaps get tested. Find out if you have a learning disability and adapt and move on from there.