/lit/ - Literature

>>14668097
black ahab do be lookin kinda fresh tho

>>11692547
did you just assume my gender?

>>10489753
The difference is that most people just aren't exposed to very much math. We consume somewhat-complex art (film, television, music, literature, often times even theatre) from a very young age, but we don't do math beyond counting until school starts. That's a 5-7 year gap.

By the time kids are in school, they're more familiar with art than with math, so they gravitate towards it, and develop further in the artistic direction as a result. This is made worse by the fact that there's usually only 1 period of math (or, if you're lucky, 1 period of math and 1 period of science) until you get to middle school, where it's already more or less too late to develop the basic intuition and affinity needed to be good at STEM.

Once high school starts, there are effectively two different classes of student: mathematically literate and mathematically illiterate. The first can easily choose between STEM and liberal arts, because they've had adequate exposure to both. The second are more or less forced into the liberal arts, barring monumental self-directed study.

In my experience, kids who are good at science/math usually like their subject, and usually have at least one parent who introduced them to it before they started school.

Many professors I talk with say that their best students always have a kind of love for the material.

It's not about inherent ability, it's about exposure and developing a passion.

t. double major in comp. sci and literature

>>10474509
>Wow, that's a tough call — I know it's cliché to say this, but I can't pick just one favorite.
>Gun to my head, I'd say [inoffensive classic author (e.g. Dickens)], but I really like [actual favorite], too.
>[Explain why you like your actual favorite in a sentence or two].
>How about you?