I was sorry to read that Hannah J Davies had such an uninspiring experience of maths lessons at school that she chose GCSE maths as a benchmark for the dullness of David Tennant’s new ITV programme (Genius Game: David Tennant’s brainiac gameshow is even duller than doing GCSE maths, 26 April).
As a maths teacher working hard to build pupil confidence and enjoyment in this wonderful, creative subject, I was dismayed to read yet another casual dismissal. Like any subject, maths may not be everyone’s favourite, but to suggest it is inherently dull does a disservice to a discipline that, at its best, is playful, beautiful and empowering.
