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AllyCat

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10. I remember being in a self-led math program in elementary school in the '70s

Reply to duffyduff (Reply #8)

Sat Feb 9, 2013, 10:31 AM

Feb 2013

I had finished the fractions/ratio/percent part, the metric system. There were a few of us with no room to move up so they tried to teach us all algebra in 5th grade. None of us could understand it. Later, in high school, we were all in advanced math. Having seen it before helped, but none of really could get it at 10 years old.

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I remember being in a self-led math program in elementary school in the '70s AllyCat Feb 2013 #10

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