I think some people hate math because they think that it's confusing. Math is different from all of the other subjects because it includes numbers, symbols, and equations. Then when they don't get how to figure out the problem they get frusterated, confused, and they hate math.
When I first started Geometry I was really confused with all of the surface area, volume, and other equations I was learning, and I didn't like my teacher ether. The way she explained things made math really unclear for me. I started hating math because of that teacher, and my grade in that class. Then when I started reading the itroductions in the chapter while she lectured, it made things a lot clearer. Then made grade got better, and I started to think that math wasn't so bad.
Math is important to everybody including artists. When someone paints a picture they need to calculate it's value, and sell it. When a musican, dancer, or actor preforms somewhere they need to know how much they are going to be payed. Musicans and dancers really need math. They have to constantly count and make sure they are doind the right thing at the right time, or else they will sound or look bad.
Math education can really improve. Some teachers teach math with the littlest amount of excitement as possible. They don't make it make sense, sometimes it almost seems like a bunch of numbers and equations we have to memorize. My favorite math teacher (so far at least) was my algebra 1 teacher. She made up little tricks to help the students remember how to work equations. For example, when ever there were fractions in an equations she said we would have to use the "fly swatter", or multiply the denominater to everything, to get rid of all the fractions and make them whole numbers.
you get a much better perspective of what the things are, rather than just stating a fact. When you are making a scatter plot, you compare all of the points. You also get to see any trends that might form so you will be able to guess what the next statistic will be.