I did appreciate the point about being proud to be bad at math. I think that attitude is damaging and probably deserves a (more reasoned) article of its own.
When people are consistently frustrated using your website, you'd normally look into the UX so that you can make a smoother experience. You then test to make sure your changes actually made your site better. Math and science education is no different, except that those in charge tend to treat it like the bad old UNIX days of "If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand" and "RTFM".
I totally agree. What I'm saying is I'd love to read a more nuanced piece exploring this attitude including its causes and effects.
I used to think "if I could just punish/control other people the world would be so much better because I'm so smart." But then I went through puberty.