*GHETTOBLASTER » 09 Dec 2024, 8:10 am » wrote: ↑
As elementary school kids we were called one by one to go up to the chalk board at the front of the classroom and do computations with columns of 4 digit numbers.
This exercise simulated real life where you would be expected to be able to perform in front of your customers and also your employer.
When I was like in grade school I got a D in math.
My father got mulitiplication tables made me sit there & memorize them too.
Dad also showed me decimals & fractions how take a pencil & paper break that down
By 4th or 5th Grade I could roll it off back of my head.
But High School Algebra was another nut 2 crack