> I honestly don't feel like they're being lied to, or confused about what they are being taught. They might not be. If they're just being taught how to multip

> I honestly don't feel like they're being lied to, or confused about what they are being taught. They might not be. If they're just being taught how to multiply in particular cases (whole numbers) using repeated addition, then they're not being lied to. If they're being told straight up that, while multiplication is not identical to repeated addition, they can ease into multiplication by learning repeated addition, even better. They're only being lied to if they're being told, authoritatively, that multiplication is repeated addition, no ifs, ands, or buts. And yes, I have had teachers like that, and I suspect many others have too.