The question the author is trying to answer is: Why people believe that they aren’t a “math person”? In the article, the authors explain how not being a “math person” is a myth and just a statement for people who don’t work hard enough in their classes. Many students who thought they were born dumb or that math was an inborn talent were told that their intelligence was in their hands, and that their “IQ itself can improve with hard work.” This being said, it is important to convince students that they can make themselves smarter by hard work, because this increases intellect, which leads to higher grades. Also, it is important that people know that not being a “math person” is a myth, because like it says in the article, “math skills are increasingly important for getting good jobs these days—so believing you can’t learn math is especially self destructive.”…