Julie Stauffer

<<But he thinks it should come to him as an epiphany and when it doesn't, he
thinks he is too stupid to learn it>>

Speaking as a former math phobe, I'd say he is both right and wrong here. I
never "got" math. I could perform the calculations but I never understood
what I was doing. I simply memorized what went where and as soon as the
class was over, promptly forgot the equations. I thought I was stupid in
math, regardless of the fact that I had a Bachelor of Science degree (heavy
on the math).

Then when I was about 34, I truly did have an epiphany. I wasn't "trying"
to learn something. I was watching Bill Nye with my kids. He was talking
about physics, again something I thought was just over my head for some
reason, figured I just didn't think that way. Watching this video, the
light came on. I already KNOW this stuff. It is just putting labels on
things I already know. Suddenly, I understood math. The equations just
describe what I already know. I can now remember the fractions stuff
because I know what I'm doing with it. I understand why the denominators
have to match to add and subtract. I GOT IT!!!!

So, I think your son is right in that math may well come to him as an
epiphany and wrong in that he isn't stupid, just not ready.

Julie