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I just can't remember whether we were actually drilled to learn multiplication tables at school, or only had to learn it as home assignment which the teachers only testing us later. At any rate, we knew it.

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A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.
by DoDo on Tue Nov 13th, 2007 at 06:05:16 AM EST
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I learned the multiplication tables by drill and I almost always revert to Spanish when doing math in my head.  That may mean something to kcurie, or maybe trivial.

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by metavision on Wed Nov 14th, 2007 at 02:27:05 PM EST
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