Just because you’re not good with large logical operations doesn’t mean you’re dumb.

1000/44.94
= 22.25189141076991544281

22*44.94
= 988.68

100000/44.94
= 2225.18914107699154428126

2225*44.94
= 99991.5

16*3.33
= 53.28

39-11
= 28

There. I don’t think I have anything to be particularly embarrassed about. Well, except maybe that last one.

I have dyscalculia. So call me Mason because I have no fucking clue what the numbers means.

I can do arithmetic without a calculator, it just takes me a lot longer. Simple addition/subtraction/multiplication/division? It can sometimes take me what feels like an "embarrassingly long* amount of time. Multivariable calculus though? I breeze right through it (it’s the basic arithmetic involved with it that takes me most of the time lol)

Yes. It’s gotten worse with age too. Just another wonderful “perk” of aging hardware running ASD.exe

The big thing that freaked me out / made me worry about early onset dementia was the dropping of words when speaking or typing, forgetting names and reduction in motor coordination.

Having studied martial arts for 30+yrs, it was quite the mind trip when I suddenly started getting confused about left vs right … but could still do some incredibly intricate manouvers.

Apparently declining androgens worsen ASD. I have some research bookmarked that confirms all of these symptoms.

TL;DR: yeah - me too.

i have a masters degree in math but i still use a calculator anytime either of the numbers is 2 digits or more

Seriously I’ve got a Batchelor in Math and the more higher maths I learned the worse my basic maths got.

Sometimes I divide numbers by ten and just the moment before I press equals I realize what I’ve done. But then it’s to late.

What about basic mental arithmetic?

Within the margin of error.

I’m gifted in other ways.

I struggle with arithmetic. Generally i do think this is a case of just not using it, thanks to calculators

When Common Core math came out and people were up in arms against it, I wanted to know what the big deal was. I researched it, read that it makes mental math easier, and deciding to learn/practice it myself.

I understand the parents who struggled to help kids with their homework, since they weren’t taught the same way and if you’re just thrown into it, it’s hard to figure out. Though how it turned into this big hullabaloo was an extreme reaction. Mental math has become very easy for me since learning it, which makes me think many of us missed out on a method that could’ve helped us a lot.

So, no, I don’t struggle with math. What I struggle with is the confidence to believe I’ve come to the right answer. I usually do math calculations more than once because I doubt myself. My first college mathematics professor gave me a reality check about it once, as he was getting frustrated that I wouldn’t put my hand up even though he knew I had figured out the answers. I can still see him standing there, going, “Come on, Whats_your_reasoning, I know you’ve got it. What’s the answer? Just say it!”

10 + 10 = … hold on, where did I put that thing? 🤪

math was the only fun subject to me

Yeah I remember looking into it back when people were freaking out, and I realized that it was basically how I taught myself to do mental math like 30 years ago.

Did they ultimately get rid of Common Core? Or did people finally just shut up about it?

100, ez clap

Common Core everything in general is pretty solid. You know how people like to complain about critical thinking not being taught in schools? Well CC English classes at the end of HS are all goals like finding textual evidence to support an opinion, or distinguishing between stated text and actual meaning (vis a vis satire, irony, etc).

The real problem is underfunded schools not having the resources to address student needs, not the teaching aims themselves. Imagine if every classroom maxed out at 15 students, just for one simple thing we could do to start fixing shit.

Here are CC standards for 11-12 grade reading and writing
https://www.thecorestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/11-12/
https://www.thecorestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/11-12/

I have studied so much goddamn math in my life…

…and yet the hardest parts of being a trainer has been a) counting reps and b) subtracting 45 from a number and dividing it by 2.

Many states adopted their own standards instead of the Common Core, likely because of the political backlash. Most that I’ve seen are 90% CC with some state-specific requirements for things like history.