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[QUOTE="BroadwayVa, post: 2974237, member: 6118"]
Your teacher was the exception that proves the rule (my point)  MOST of math is poorly taught you were lucky in finding a teacher who truly understood how to teach math.

Math must begin at an early age and taught as a FUN subject. It must be taught as the base for most things in life, ie. tie it to related subjects, events, life. Then build on that. Do you know how many people can't balance a checkbook?

Your HS math teacher was an innovator--I cheer loudly this teacher. 
Way too many Boys and Girls don't understand enough math to the point of Math phobia.   If you are ever fortunate to see that teacher again--give her a hug and kiss from me.  She/he should be publically honored.  Thank you. 
 I began programming at the machine level in the 60's when we required a bootstrap punched in, by finger, to allow a paper tape "program" to initiate---then with 2 dual cassettes we could evaluate the total nuclear spectrum analyzing nuclear material on a dewar with a geli detector and a pulse height analyzer.  I bought a "Commodore computer to teach my girls. My son got his hands on it and that became his life.   
I have been lucky enough to wander through many fields of science; more than just a few Women were and are exceptional in their fields, some how the media seems to miss the great women and their numbers in math and science--role models missed.
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