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    3 days ago

    I had to memorize multiplication. We weren’t taught any other way. 3x3 = 9 because it just is that way, memorize it. I had stacks of flash cards. My mom struggled so hard for weeks to teach me my multiplication tables at home. In the end, I (somehow) passed the multiplication quiz or whatever and did my best to do as little multiplication as I could for the rest of my life. As a result, I still have never learned all the multiplication tables, and have a deep dislike of math or numbers in general.

    I bet my education would have been a lot different if I could have learned how to multiply effectively from a young age.





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    And I say that as someone who is not clinically autistic, but who is real fuckin’ close to it. No judgment, I’m not trying to make you feel bad or anything, it is just an observation.

    I didn’t mean to unleash this torrent of comments on you, sorry.