Published on 12, July, 2020
When I told some people that I have severe Dyscalculia and that I don't know how to do most basic math and that I don't know how to do Calculus even, some of them think that I am using that as an excuse for not being good at math. I had failed math most of my school years and it's not just me being only bad at math, and I still don't know how to do most basic math as a 22 year old and that is not normal. I tried explaining that to them, but they didn't listen.
Some people think that everyone can learn math, the question is if they understand that when you reach a limit before Dyscalculia manifests.
During my early school years, the head teacher had an interesting way of teaching us times tables; we would stand up in class and recite them while jamming to the beat of Green Onions. In high school, I owned a handy times table pencil case, but unfortunately, I couldn't use it during exams. I also used to have a timetable cassette, and to this day, hearing Green Onions triggers my memory to recite times tables.
Or we are just dismissed and written off by teachers as being “hopeless and heedless” and punished accordingly, personal experience in Primary School