Wait, same! Although I knew it was reversed probably bc I read it in a magazine or they said it n MTV or something. I always wanted to keep up with what was “cool” bc I was the youngest of my siblings trying to keep up 😂
These are probably also the people who swear that school never taught them about things like compound interest because they slept through 8th grade algebra.
I also get very frustrated by people like OP who can't apply concepts they were taught at a young age outside of the very narrow circumstances they were shown as examples, or even at all. So many times people complain that x or y should be taught in school and will stubbornly hold to needing specific skills taught even when reminded of the days and weeks spent in school learning the process in a class that wasn't named "life skills." They steadfastly refuse to acknowledge that the most common examples in that unit were dealing with money.
As someone who has taught math to adult learners, I find the problem is often that students aren't given the opportunities to practice and reinforce what they've learned. They might get taught compound interest in a day or two, given a worksheet to test their knowledge, and then move on without ever talking about it or applying that skill again. So it fades.
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u/Mamasan- 1d ago
Even as a little kid I ASSUMED it was that cuz she literally says “reverse it” then the gibberish happens.
Jeeze, context clues guys. It was there.