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targetpractice

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10. I don't understand how they teach kids math these days...

Reply to murielm99 (Reply #8)

Fri May 8, 2020, 11:22 PM

May 2020

I've seen lessons online.... Years ago I was standing in line to buy the first iPad released by Apple (2010, I suppose), and I was waiting in line with a school teacher behind me, and she tried to explain it to me... She thought it was nuts... So different than how we learned it as children.

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Not sure how to feel about this... targetpractice May 2020 #1

I remember having trouble keeping a "B" in murielm99 May 2020 #2

You are obviously much younger than me.. Hahah... targetpractice May 2020 #3

We are most likely close in age. murielm99 May 2020 #8

Hah... Math was my nemesis.. Especially, calculus. targetpractice May 2020 #9

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