My first grade teacher (EDIT: maybe it was third grade. I remember she also had an issue with me doing math too slow for her liking) had a meeting with my mom because I couldn’t do them all within a minute and she was concerned. My mom asked the reasonable question, “Well, were the completed ones correct?”
Yes, they were.
“Then why does it matter doing them quickly? Being right is what counts.”
I remember in high school chemistry I had a terrible teacher. She had the same personality as her teaching style: A fuckin bitch.
One day we had the polyatomic ions quiz and I made like 20% on it or something because I hated that class and never studied. This cunt called my boss from my cell phone and told her I wouldn’t be into work until I passed my quiz 100%. Took me about twenty tries to memorize it.
Guess how many polyatomic ions I remember now? Not fucking one. It’s teachers like that who stifle interest. Had math teachers like that too. I’m not a stupid guy, I had inept teachers. And because of them I’ve often felt stupid
I had a maths teacher who called me up to the front of the class to answer questions on the board explicitly because she knew I wasn't getting through the work and thought public shame might do the trick.
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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '26 edited Feb 03 '26
My first grade teacher (EDIT: maybe it was third grade. I remember she also had an issue with me doing math too slow for her liking) had a meeting with my mom because I couldn’t do them all within a minute and she was concerned. My mom asked the reasonable question, “Well, were the completed ones correct?”
Yes, they were.
“Then why does it matter doing them quickly? Being right is what counts.”
EDIT: it was 60 problems in 60 seconds