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There is nothing in the world that I loathe more than group activity, that communal bath where the hairy and slippery mix in a multiplication of mediocrity.
Vladimir Nabokov
Funny
World
Nothing
Group
Mediocrity
Loathe
Bath
Slippery
More
Hairy
Mix
Than
Where
Communal
Multiplication
Activity
For any reporter, education is a topic where everything else - money, politics, et cetera - intersects. I have four kids in K through 12, so I'm knee-deep in it. I'm really interested in the philosophy behind it all. Should you just memorize your multiplication tables, or should you understand the concept behind them?
Soledad O'Brien
Education
Politics
You
Money
Else
Everything
Everything Else
Philosophy
Topic
Kids
Memorize
Tables
Through
Concept
Understand
Reporter
Any
Behind
Just
Where
Interested
Them
Really
Should
Your
Multiplication
Four
Like many Asian parents, mine were very focused on education. My dad would quiz me with multiplication tables when I was about 5.
Lisa Su
Education
Me
Parents
Mine
Focused
Would
Tables
About
Like
Were
Very
Quiz
Asian
Many
Multiplication
Dad
What makes this story so remarkable is that throughout my early childhood I had ongoing learning difficulties, particularly in mathematics. I struggled to learn the multiplication table, and no matter how hard I tried, I simply couldn't remember 6 times 7 or 7 times 8.
Andrew Lo
Mathematics
Learning
Remember
Matter
Difficulties
Tried
Table
Ongoing
Struggled
Throughout
Remarkable
Had
Simply
Particularly
Learn
Makes
How
Times
Childhood
Story
Hard
Multiplication
Early
Early Childhood