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I think the statement "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing
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Such bad parenting. Basing his self-worth around being good at math is just setting him up for failure
When you're told you're really smart, or good at math, you avoid ever failing - you're the smart kid, it shold come easy to you. If you're struggling, it's the fault of the subject or problem, not you - because you're the smart kid
Alternatively, you feel like a complete failure when you inevitably hit a wall.
I feel real lucky my parents divorced early, and my mom immediately put me into a ton of therapy and counseling. The shit at the school was kinda counterproductive, maybe at best taught me to hide it better. But the professionals were probably responsible for me coming somewhat normalish.
Or when you get past where you can coast (calc 2 for me) you realize you don't really know how to learn and study. It didn't ruin my self image but I did change majors.