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When ‘Human’ meets ‘Math’ and ‘Science’

On the one hand, there is math, physics, chemistry and biology. Notorious and commonly hated subjects. On the other hand there is literature, language and arts. Easy and commonly appreciated areas of learning. 

But such generalization already assumes that there is such as a thing common interest whereas in fact, modern educational theories are going the other way saying interest, ability and intelligence can vary significantly from one person to the other. The theory of multiple intelligence do not only suggest that students have very different ways of expressing their abilities, it also argues that they have different ways to learn. 

For instance, if one student finds math difficult while another do not, it is probably because they have different learning and expressing styles. It has nothing to do with Math difficult in and by itself. The same is true for those who are weak in say reading comprehension. They are only poor in very specific types of reading comprehension tests, specifically written ones, but they are capable of understanding quite well what they read, they can just prove so through other means, for instance oral. Under such belief, there is actually no such thing as difficult or easy subject only interesting topics and appropriate teaching strategies.

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