> ANYWAY, people have lost the ability to write in cursive, or even write in print neatly.
By 2nd grade, I had good, clean print handwriting. Third grade is when they started teaching (and requiring us to use) D'Nealian cursive. My cursive never has been attractive, but its influence crapped up my print too. I do my best to slow down just a bit if I think someone else will have to read it.
> a) Memorize Times Tables.
My kid was taught the tables last year. They went up to 12x12. They also did a bunch of multiplying numbers specifically by 2, but I'm not sure exactly how high. Maybe 2^15, or so?
> When I was in fourth grade they weren't supposed to use Encyclopedias for their reports if the library had suitable books. So the trick was to find a topic that the library did not have suitable books on.
Protip: Use Wikipwdia, but copy the cites and never say you used Wikipedia.
> ANYWAY, people have lost the ability to write in cursive, or even write in print neatly.
By 2nd grade, I had good, clean print handwriting. Third grade is when they started teaching (and requiring us to use) D'Nealian cursive. My cursive never has been attractive, but its influence crapped up my print too. I do my best to slow down just a bit if I think someone else will have to read it.
> a) Memorize Times Tables.
My kid was taught the tables last year. They went up to 12x12. They also did a bunch of multiplying numbers specifically by 2, but I'm not sure exactly how high. Maybe 2^15, or so?
> When I was in fourth grade they weren't supposed to use Encyclopedias for their reports if the library had suitable books. So the trick was to find a topic that the library did not have suitable books on.
Protip: Use Wikipwdia, but copy the cites and never say you used Wikipedia.
hell, i got busted in 4th grade for using a slide rule to do boring math stuff.