02-05-2015, 02:44 PM
Mike Johnson wrote:
. . . My own son wasn’t drilled properly on the multiplication tables by his third grade teacher; I had to step in and teach him myself. But that’s not because of Common Core, it’s because his teacher should have retired long ago. . .
I learned multiplication tables as a kid by having my mom drill me with flash cards at home. I don't think we had the expectation that there was time in school for rote memorization.