Originally Posted by 1frugalmom
"Mad Minutes" those dreadful timed tests to see how many addition, subtraction, multiplication problems you can answer correctly in 1 minute. Then (insert sarcastic tone here)if you are lucky the teacher will post your score on a big chart on the bulletin board for all to see.

We despise "Mad Minutes"!

DD13 still recalls her classmates' humiliation by their third grade teacher using a similar approach. The teacher put stuffed animals with the kids' names on a bulletin board. When the kids reached a certain level of timed prociency on basic math facts, they could take home their animal. DD was one of the first kids to bring hers home in September or October. By the end of the year, it was a wall of shame for a few kids who never attained the goal. DD felt very bad for the kids who never earned their animals.