Speaker 1: Let's go to Christina. Christina, welcome to the program. What's on your mind today.
Speaker 4: Mary? Speaker 1: Yes, I can.
Christina, you're on the air. Yes, I can. Speaker 4: Okay. So I spoke to you before I worked
at EOS. I told you how I worked at a sports bar. Speaker 1: Yeah, Yeah. The MAGA
dudes weren't tipping you. Speaker 4: Yeah, well, actually,
I actually have a different question this time. Okay, so. I'm the youngest of 15 children.
Speaker 1: No way. Speaker 4: Yeah. So
now I have nieces and nephews that are becoming old enough to be in school and stuff like that.
Speaker 1: Do you have any nieces and nephews that are older than you?
Speaker 4: I have four nieces that are older than me, two nephews that are older than me. Wow.
Six nieces that are the same age as me and like six months apart.
Speaker 1: So in other words, someone who's older than you refers to you as Aunt Christina.
Yeah, that's wild. And can I ask, what is the age spread amongst you and your siblings?
Speaker 4: 45. The 23. Speaker 1: 45 to 23. Okay. Very interesting.
And this is. This is all the same to parents. Speaker 4: Um, no, my.
Both of my parents are adopted. 11 of us. Speaker 1: Oh, okay. Okay. That's still.
Can I ask it? Was this like a kind of Christian adoption thing?
Speaker 4: Um, yes and no. My mom. My mom had a breast cancer, like, so my parents are in
their eighties. Speaker 2: Mhm.
Speaker 4: So my mom got breast cancer after her fourth child, and she wanted more kids.
Speaker 1: I see. Speaker 4: So her my
dad was just like, well, we can adopt him. Wow. Speaker 1: So that is that is an incredible thing
to do. Adopting 11 kids after having four. Speaker 4: Yeah. And then she was
actually a retired one and she didn't plan on having any more like, adopting any more
kids. And they, like, called her and said, We have a kid that needs that's in foster care,
that that's going to need a family. And my mom was like, we'll take her. And it was me that was you.
Speaker 1: Oh, my goodness. And how old were you at that point?
Speaker 4: I was 18 months old. Speaker 1: So at 18 months old, you enter a family
with 14 other siblings? Yes. That's unbelievable. Speaker 4: Sibling closest to me in age is about
ten years older than me. Speaker 1: Oh, so you're
the youngest By a lot. Okay. Wow. Well, I'm sorry, I. I didn't mean to derail,
but I'm trying to understand the context, so now I do. So you can go on with your with your question.
Speaker 4: So, like, I grew up very obviously, like, very different than most kids my age would
have. Will just keep it at that. Yeah. Because my parents were very old school about everything. And
like, so they taught me how to do multiplication tables and cursive and all that. And so like, I'll
write things and then my nieces and nephews will be like, What is that? Is there a reason why they
just don't teach that stuff in school anymore? Speaker 1: Well, now, that's interesting.
I'm aware that there has been a move away from teaching cursive in school because it's like not
nearly as useful as it used to be. But I thought that it was in people who were like, currently in
high school. I didn't know if you're if you're the youngest, you're talking about people who
are 33 plus don't know how to read cursive. Speaker 4: No, my younger nieces and nephews.
Speaker 1: Oh, I'm sorry. The younger ones. Okay, that does make sense. But multiple you're talking
about just like eight times seven. They don't know that in their head. No, that's weird because
everybody knows it's 144, you know? Speaker 4: Yeah, I know.
Speaker 1: That is strange. Listen, I know that there are some different approaches to teaching
math now, but I didn't know that Just your basic multiplication tables, up to nine or ten were not
being taught. That's. That's surprising to me. Speaker 4: Yeah. Like, so. Like I was helping
my nephew with his homework, and he's. Oh, now let's just put this this way. My nephew's 13 now,
so he should already know how this one should already know how to do his multiplication tables.
He's an advanced algebra two, and I'm like. He's like, What's six times seven? I was like.
Speaker 1: So Christina, let me see. And I know that people are going to write in to me,
Christina, and they're going to say, David, what? Whatever Christina's talking about,
in much of the country, they're learning their multiplication tables, but it's interesting
nonetheless. So you're basically saying that at 13 you're nephew, if they're working out some algebra
problem and they get to I need to do six times seven, they would need to pull out a calculator
to do six times seven. Speaker 4: Yes.
Speaker 1: That is really shocking to me. I remember that by third grade we knew our
multiplication tables. Listen, I can't wait. I don't know. I don't know what's going on. Exactly.
Like, eventually my daughter will be in school and then maybe I can try to figure it out. But
I'm pretty shocked by what you're telling me. Speaker 4: Yeah. Like it's just weird because,
like, everything, my parents also worked with me. Like, I know my sister worked with my nephew,
like, every single day when he was born, like, Yeah. Like it's not like she's failed to not
teach him it, but like he was saying that, like, the school doesn't teach that stuff
to him and that they they get told, figure it out for yourself or use a calculator in front of you.
Speaker 1: And what state is this all happening in? Pennsylvania. Yeah. All right, well, listen,
Christina, let me investigate it, but I appreciate you sharing what's going on.
Speaker 4: All right. Thank you. Speaker 1: All right. Thanks. There's Christine.
Wow, That is. People, please let me know what's happening with these multiplication tables.
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