Many times tables

The girl is good in math. Not like the boy, but she is good. But, she is distracted. She's too busy socializing, and flirting, and thinking about other things to be bothered with the timed multiplication problems.

Her teacher gives her sheets of about 60+ multiplication questions. She times the kids for one minute to see how many they can do. They are supposed to do them in order. Last month, the girl came home with sheets that had only six done. Once, even only two. Two! Two in 60 seconds. That's a "B" or "Beginner", as opposed to "D" for "Developing" or "S" for "Secure". I know she can do better than that. She just psychs herself out. She also had herself convinced that she does not need to memorize, and she calculates every time.

Over winter break, I drilled her over and over again. Every day. Every chance I got. She got a little angry with me at one point. But she memorized. And now she's up to 26, which is "S". Go girlfriend! We'll be drilling more often!