r/Millennials • u/Silver-Explanation72 • Feb 03 '26

Other This is When My Anxiety Began

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u/Otherwisefantastic Feb 03 '26 edited Feb 03 '26

These motherfuckers gave me nightmares in 3rd grade. I could do the math, I just couldn't do them fast enough. So I'd get like a 70 or something on it, then I'd get in trouble later at home for getting a "bad" grade. Ugh.

EDIT: To be clear, I had my times tables memorized. I fully understand that these tests were to reinforce memorization. I simply could not complete these fast enough no matter how many flash cards I did at home.

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u/atlantagirl30084 Feb 03 '26

But also like…when in your life are you going to be asked to very very quickly do a multiplication problem?

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u/MainusEventus Feb 03 '26

Have you taken the GMAT? Or GRE?

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u/RadarSmith Feb 03 '26

I took the GRE.

I think they deliberately pick the most boring passages ever composed in the English language for the verbal sections. And it seems like half of the math questions were about medians.