Warb said:

I am curious what Boost thinks of my comments.

Gee, I feel the pressure.

I also got bad grades because I was too slow doing things. Math is a good example of this. I was very good in math, but it took me longer to solve equations and stuff like that than it would for others. The results: a I failed (or got a lower grade than I should have had) a lot of math tests not because gave the wrong answers or didn't know or understand the material, but because I couldn't answer all the questions in the time giving for the test.

I feel with you here. The question is: what is being tested? Skill at math or test taking ability? Some things in life require speed... CPR for one. I never thought Math was one of them.

Yet another frustrating thing in math: teachers that only look at the final answer to math questions. ... Some teachers would look at the math work and would give partial credit if it looked like you went about solving the equation in the correct way. But other teachers just looked at the answer and if it was wrong, it was wrong.

My high school algebra teacher would dock me points because all I'd show was the answer (I could do a lot in my head). I'd get pissed, but he explained (and rightly so I see now) that he was interested in that I know HOW to solve the problem. As he said, he already knew the answers.