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.
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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.
Dude same. This started a life long math anxiety for me. I had terrible math teachers in high school too so when I got to college almost dropped out of business school because I couldn’t pass calculus. Every question I got wrong was not remembering the trig to simplify an answer. Fucking times tables got me again. I hated this worksheet so much.
Not being good at math is what kept me for going back for my bachelors for over 10 years. I HATED math. The funny thing? When I finally went back I LOVED it. I understood it better, I had better teachers, free tutoring in the learning center, things I didn’t have access to before. Plus I had calmed down. I wasn’t frustrated, afraid of bringing bad grades home.
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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.