It was not quite clear in the article whether the list of "complicating factors" was a historical piece in Mathematics education or these are some of the current factors that are being faced. This area was the most fascinating and the most relatable area of the article for me.

- "mathematics is hard, cold, distant and inhuman" (Pg. 3)

I can understand that it can be hard and cold and you can feel distant about it as you may not understand its depth fully. However, how can it be inhuman? Math is inside of you and the outside of you. Your lungs move as you inhale and exhale, your brain shoots neurons as they detect an activity, you blink when your eyes get tired, all these things have a pattern. You are able to understand all these things because of math. You are able to understand the concept of balance because of math. Math cannot be inhuman. However, I will not be surprised if I get one of my students throw this term at me while they are struggling to understand something a little challenging for their brain. Something becomes inhuman when you feel beaten up after trying to understand it multiple times. This is a common feeling, it may happen while understanding chemistry or a poem or trying to make a goal at a soccer game. Any time a person feels defeated after trying over and over, they feel like the thing they are trying to achieve is inhuman. Math is comparatively a little more challenging than the other subjects taught at school which makes it the most inhuman. We, as teachers, have to be proud of the fact that we get to teach our students the most inhuman subject, not the only inhuman subject. However, it remains a question how can we make it human for them and that is a much broad subject.