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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 685430" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>HMBgal, I have a learning difficulty in math; diagnosed when I was in my 40s. I used to severely balk and try to find ways to get out of doing math work because I got to the point where I started feeling panicky if confronted with a arithmetic/math problem because if I couldn't pull the answer out of my *** using whatever arcane method it is that I use, I was doomed, since I never was able to learn the steps and processes for doing math the way people usually do.</p><p></p><p>Oddly, I can apply algebra to a biology situation, but can't tell you how I worked out the problem. I can't really learn physics or advanced biology because of my disability in math. Put more accurately, I can learn and understand how and why it all works at a very high level, but I can't show someone else how it works. I just KNOW.</p><p></p><p>I surprised myself the other day when I was presented with a story problem and was actually able to set up an algebraic equation to solve the problem.</p><p></p><p>Sort of like, "WHOA! Where did THAT come from?"</p><p></p><p>Get him tested. It's possible he needs some tutoring in math by a tutor who will teach him in the way he needs to learn.</p><p></p><p>That said, I'm sure if Common Core had been around when I was a kid,, I'd have been sped for the impaired children as opposed to sped for the high IQ kids. I've been reading up the CC math and am totally lost.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 685430, member: 1963"] HMBgal, I have a learning difficulty in math; diagnosed when I was in my 40s. I used to severely balk and try to find ways to get out of doing math work because I got to the point where I started feeling panicky if confronted with a arithmetic/math problem because if I couldn't pull the answer out of my *** using whatever arcane method it is that I use, I was doomed, since I never was able to learn the steps and processes for doing math the way people usually do. Oddly, I can apply algebra to a biology situation, but can't tell you how I worked out the problem. I can't really learn physics or advanced biology because of my disability in math. Put more accurately, I can learn and understand how and why it all works at a very high level, but I can't show someone else how it works. I just KNOW. I surprised myself the other day when I was presented with a story problem and was actually able to set up an algebraic equation to solve the problem. Sort of like, "WHOA! Where did THAT come from?" Get him tested. It's possible he needs some tutoring in math by a tutor who will teach him in the way he needs to learn. That said, I'm sure if Common Core had been around when I was a kid,, I'd have been sped for the impaired children as opposed to sped for the high IQ kids. I've been reading up the CC math and am totally lost. [/QUOTE]
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