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Originally Posted by noodle
I remember in Algeria, the Math I covered in the first year of Primary school wasn't covered for another 3 years in England. I was top of my classes in Math without understanding a single word of English...
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I had the same deal when I was a kid. I moved from a Catholic private school to a public state school. The state school was about 3 years behind in math.
I think it was grade 3 (age 8 - 9) we learned long multiplication. At the state school, they made me do it not until grade 6 (age 11 - 12).