I never learned my multiplication tables. Not really.
To this day, if you ask me, 'What is six times nine?' out of the blue, with some urgency, I will panic. (Please don't do this.)
The troubles started when I was transferred from one math class to another in the third grade. I now understand that this was some sort of promotion from lower math to higher math, but it did not feel like that at the time.
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