I took Algebra in 9th (fail), Summer (fail), and 10th (pass) and geometry in 11th (fail), and 12th (pass).
because of that I thought I sucked at math for at least 10 years. I went back to college, had to start at stupid person math, and work all way up through pre-cal's - learned it was just a puzzle, and a language which follows trends and rules. Ended up dominating Calculus 1,2,3.