Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:18 pm
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Thu Apr 14, 2005 5:37 pm
hiddenneggs wrote:Aside from all the good things already said, you may want to work on something sadly neglected in math class these days: memorization.
(Yes, Old Man Hiddenneggs is talkin' 'bout the olden days again.)
Seriously, though, when I was in elementary school we memorized the multiplication table, 0 through 10. And in later years I felt somewhat behind because we hadn't (as some prior to & even in my time had) memorized the table 0 through 12 or farther.
But my daughter, now 13, didn't get the multiplication table drilled into her at all. My wife & I try to supplement, but she doesn't seem to see the need for it.
At 19, though, you may find it worthwhile. That way you don't have to work out what 2 X 6 is, because you already know it's 12.
(If the difficulty you're having is the memorization, then please forgive my obtuseness. I graduated from high school in 1979 -- so in terms of this forum I'm ancient.)
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