There is a common misconception among math teachers that “they believe that math revolves around numbers and formulas, not words” (Freitag 20). However, this is not true, writing is very important for understanding mathematical concepts. Math is all about algorithms and solving equations, but you need to be able to use writing to explain your thinking process. This includes knowing specific mathematical vocabulary to show the process of solving algorithms. For many math teachers, it's difficult to write down the steps you do so naturally in your head because it has become second nature. So you find yourself having to explain why you took a certain step and why you can't take a different step. For example, it's very easy for me to divide fractions in my head by simply mentally doing "hold-change-flip". So through my math class we had to find out why we were taught to do this. It turns out that you can divide directly between the fractions, but you have to keep up with the remainders. Which dividing fractions like this will work, it is very easy for students to get confused in all the fractions above the fractions. For any teacher they don't feel comfortable teaching something they haven't been trained in. They wouldn't have the English teacher give a lesson on scientific notation. That's because that teacher hasn't been trained in how to teach solving equations with scientific notations. This is true for many math teachers who are afraid of having to teach children writing skills because it is “something they may feel they are not trained in” (Freitag 20). So they believe that writing would be best taught by the English teacher who has had training in teaching writing. However, the writing you do for a math lesson is completely different from writing other content. Writing in mathematics is used to help students explain their thinking process