Sadly, I have to admit that I counted mathematics towards the most boring and tedious subjects in High School. I was never really bad at it, but I only participated at a minimum level just to keep my grades in the "okay" range. I think the reason behind it was that I was simply missing the context. I knew that the concepts were somewhat important, but just solving equations for the purpose of solving equations (or to get good grades) never really clicked with me; physics, biology, and chemistry were so much more exciting! To me, math classes were so boring because they were missing a simple yet important ingredient: Applications.