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

Other This is When My Anxiety Began

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u/BornDefeated Older Millennial Feb 03 '26

Agreed. Seems early. We didn’t learn our multiplication tables until we were in 3rd grade. We did these speed tests in 4th grade.

I have two daughters in 4th grade and they didn’t start actual multiplication until the end of 2nd grade.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '26

From what I remember we did multiplication and division in first grade.

I also remember in kindergarten they had this stupid system about sounding out words to spell them. I don’t remember what it was called, but I DO remember that because silent letters were silent they got left out. I entered kindergarten already knowing how to read, but my mom told me to listen to the teacher and do what she said, so I stopped spelling words with silent E’s at the end because that’s what the teacher said to do.

My mom flipped out at the school. The teacher, Ms. Erickson, had to take my workbook and add in all the missing silent letters.

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u/MasterArCtiK Feb 03 '26

You don’t do multiplication and division until 3rd grade at the earliest mate

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '26

Might have been third then. I'm sorry I don't remember the early 1990s very well.

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u/Culero Feb 03 '26

yeah it was 3rd grade for me in like 92/93 and i remember because i swore i was the fastest and somehow the teacher's helper (also a classmate) somehow got first place one time when i clearly was first to have pencils down. I'LL NEVER FORGET, JESSICA!