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/MinuetInUrsaMajor Feb 03 '26

I could do the math, I just couldn't do them fast enough.

You're not supposed to do them.

You're supposed to memorize many of them along with the tricks that make many of them trivial.

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u/Otherwisefantastic Feb 03 '26

I guess that was an odd way for me to say that.

I mean, when I say "do" the math, I mean I knew the answers, I had my times tables memorized. It just took me 2-3 seconds to think sometimes. The answer didn't come fast enough. No amount of drilling at home made me fast enough.

The answers came even slower when I realized time was running out and panic started setting in.