> in 6th grade we had a student who had recently immigrated from India. By his own telling, he was an average student there. But compared to native students, he

> in 6th grade we had a student who had recently immigrated from India. By his own telling, he was an average student there. But compared to native students, he was light years ahead in math. We learned multiplication in third grade, division in fourth grade, long division and fractions in fifth grade, or something like that. He had learned multiplication in first grade, and all of division in second grade. Whether he knew it or not, he was lying to you in claiming he was average. India's education system is notoriously poor.