Serious issue

[diditeverbegin]

I talked with this kid in 9th grade, and he can’t do long division. I was trying to explain it in different ways, but he couldn’t do it.

 

[diditeverbegin]

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[s¡k0]

Bro where tf is his teacher bro?

 

[senron]

I talked with this kid in 9th grade, and he can’t do long division. I was trying to explain it in different ways, but he couldn’t do it.

How old is that?

 

[diditeverbegin]

How old is that?

14 to 15 often
I have a late birthday so when I entered I was 13 but turned 14 later in the school year

 

[senron]

14 to 15 often
I have a late birthday so when I entered I was 13 but turned 14 later in the school year

Dang wtf are they teaching on america dawg bro

 

[diditeverbegin]

Dang wtf are they teaching on america dawg bro

No child left behind policy
He is an anomaly, though, I’ve never met someone that behind. He’s in Algebra 1 but can’t do long division.

 

[senron]

No child left behind policy
He is an anomaly, though, I’ve never met someone that behind. He’s in Algebra 1 but can’t do long division.

I mean childs with some disabilities is understandable but still people on america should really think about their educational system

 

[amisci]

Assuming he isn't a massive retard (high chance) he probably just doesn't have the mental capacity to Understand long division. Did you show him visual examples or interactive exercises?

 

[diditeverbegin]

Assuming he isn't a massive retard (high chance) he probably just doesn't have the mental capacity to Understand long division. Did you show him visual examples or interactive exercises?

Yes, I tried one example with him. He said he understood and that the teacher confused him (not sure what teacher is going over long division in algebra, but ok), so I told him try a problem by himself. The kid started going from right to left instead of left to right. I knew he didn’t remember anything from the first problem we did together, so I tried explaining why you need to go from left to right. I tried that block thing a lot of elementary school teachers use, drawing square around different powers of 10, but I don’t think it helped. It was lunch time and he said he was going to get lunch, so I just left him alone.

 

[amisci]

Well you showed him In a very understandable format the only factors that may be making him struggle is either he doesn't give a shit about this school stuff or he is genuinely a massive retard. Humans are very adaptable when they have an interest in something

 

[9user]

intellectual disability is a thing

(i am trying to be nice)

 

[valentine]

i also don't know what that is

 

[ghoulmania]

lowkey me, but thank god we got to use calculators and i managed to catch up before grade 10

 

[diditeverbegin]

intellectual disability is a thing

(i am trying to be nice)

I know, he said he had dyscalculia; I’m not sure if he was being serious or just saying he’s bad at math since he called it “dyslexia but with numbers.” I want to help him, but idk how.

 

[ghoulmania]

i also don't know what that is

the annoying division partwe learnt in like 3rd/6th grade

 

[diditeverbegin]

i also don't know what that is

It’s meant to make dividing large numbers by hand easy

 

[valentine]

It’s meant to make dividing large numbers by hand easy

i don't know I'm bad at math