content: I'm switching to pure math as a major (I'm a slightly older university student who dropped out a while back). It's better for non advanced classes too. In elementary, middle and highschool I thought I was awful at math because like you said shit instruction. With the aid of the internet, suggested math books a few years ago off and on I retaught and taught myself it. Sadly those resources provided a better education that the formal instruction I received. The internet has really created environment where independent study is actually allot better than much of the teaching out there.