Hi there,
I am an experienced professional mathematics instructor at University and high school. For a successful class, I encourage learning by using various manipulatives, hands-on activities, software like Maple, sites like mathematics stack exchange, and cooperative learning. In preparing students for final exam, I utilize weekly homeworks,...
So I think most of the students who hate math have serious issues with the basic of it. For example they don' know time table, they can't count, and they are not dominant enough about mathematical operations(+ - / *). so if your math level is not high enough so I highly recommend to start with time table and the operations and the order of them....