If you follow a menu-driven recipe for getting through an Analysis of Variance, without understanding why you are conducting the test, how to interpret it when it's completed, and when to use it, I've failed miserably in my job. Despite what many statistics teachers say, statistics is not math. It's also not a course like political science or biology. Statistics really includes elements of mathematics, substantive material, and a foreign language, and it is important to realize its multifaceted nature. So, please try to keep an open mind.
Statistics is considerably different from mathematics.
In fact, the math required for this course is no more complex than what is needed to balance a check book. Statistics is like mathematics, however, in that it must be practiced to be learned. One has to work on exercises, analyze different problems, and get experience with different analytic situations in order to absorb the information. Do not think that you can just read through the material and remember everything. You may need to read and apply the material several times.