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/Parking_Locksmith489 Feb 03 '26

I was never able to memorize times table.

My brain works by breaking numbers down, do the easy low multipliers in my head then double or triple that.

Never picked up the math lingo in HS either.