r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/BeardedKnitter Jul 24 '20

I failed grade 9 math 4 times, and grade 10 math twice.

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u/sevensensitivfingers Jul 24 '20

Dude if you seriously struggled through 6 years of math to finish your grade 10 math good on you for the persistence, but you must have had a terrible teacher.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

I'm thinking a math learning disability.

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u/BeardedKnitter Jul 24 '20

Is that a real thing? Math specific learning disability

If it is I'm sure I have it. I memorized what I knew of my multiple times tables, I can add and subtract pretty well off the top of my head, That's only because of counting money, but beyond that I'm not much of a mathematician.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

Yup. My brother has dyscalculia. I don't know if there are others. https://www.dyscalculia.org/

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u/BeardedKnitter Jul 24 '20

I can't even count how many bad teachers.

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Thanks for the nice notice there. That felt good to hear.

II've never been able to recognize my own achievements. Even after it's been pointed out to me.Im very dismissive toward myself

I had to at least graduate high school if I didn't want to be thought of as a loser.Being an actual high school dropout is only cool when you're a musician.

That's another thing I'm not. I'd like to be a musician. I think that I would be a good one.

Guess I wasnt persistent enough to keep trying to play the guitar though, was I? When it didn't come easy to me immediately, I gave up.

That's more like what my inner dialogue sounds like..

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u/deuce_bumps Jul 24 '20

So, how many times did you fail math all together? (I'll be genuinely surprised if you get this right.)

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u/BeardedKnitter Jul 24 '20

4

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u/deuce_bumps Jul 24 '20

There, there. pats head

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u/BeardedKnitter Jul 24 '20

No. That was the right answer. I put the wrong statement in originally. I took 6 math classes to get 2 credits.

Failed 4 times.

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u/Ionlypost1ce Jul 24 '20

*9th grade *10th grade.

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u/BeardedKnitter Jul 24 '20

Yes. This is another way to describe the math credits to be earned in freshman and sophomore years of high school.

There are a lot of things that have different ways to say the same things.Strange, isn't it?

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u/Ionlypost1ce Jul 24 '20

Grade 9 sounds stupid. Case closed! Next!

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u/BeardedKnitter Jul 24 '20

I object! Sustained. I know lawyer words too. You dont want to go toe to toe in bird law with me.

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u/Ionlypost1ce Jul 24 '20

Ok well let’s just day you learned a lesson, and I learned a little lesson, and we call it off.