Southern Math is Tricky

It's like regular math, but somehow more confusing.

[alostrich]

Subscribe or I’m moving your possum to the road.

[ballisticus]

Wait til he gets to fractions and has to figure out "smidgen."

[debco]

It’s Matt’s throwaway lines, like “this was made in China”, that always put me on the floor. The man’s brilliant!

[jacobthecool]

As someone who has grown up in the South, "couple" meaning any small amount has always infuriated me. Also "the other day" can mean literally any day in the last month.

[MGower]

Wait until he tries to figure out how far away "around the corner" is, how far a "fair piece" is, and exactly how many meals you gotta pack for "a ways away".

[Courtney]

As a Georgia girl, the sad (and funny) thing about this great video is that I understood everything this teacher said. I am crying laughing. Welcome to Georgia 🤣

[kmeadows]

As a teacher, I now want to change my clip chart to a opossum chart.

[imaclover]

In fifth grade (in NC), we got a list of colloquialisms like “cattywaumpus” and “as the crow flies” as a vocab list. It was the most useful vocab list I ever had in school! 😂

[thebeardedlady]

“Unless we’re at Krispy Kreme, where a dozen could be 24, depending on the kind of special they’re running.”
Omg so true!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[coltn]

The fact that when he said the word problem the first time I immediately blurted out "whatever's left after were all done"

[rosanna]

I’ve been helping out in kindergarten at my kids’ school recently. They use a color chart for behavior there too. The bit about moving the possum from the trash can to the road killed me. It’s a better chart than just colors.

[delphic]

Need to do one of these for distances in the south! Midwest distances include: "Headed to the neighbors" (1-2 miles), "Not too far" (about 1hr), "A bit" (about 2 hrs), and "Visiting family" (5+ hrs). Of course "Headed on down" is any direction.

[doctorsammy]

As a southerner in college in the north I was baffled when someone corrected my use of “a couple them over there.” (I was referring to like 4). My roommate just looked at me like I was dumber than a tide pod for like a minute and then sat me down and explained for a couple minutes (like 3 or something) how “a couple” means specifically 2.

[armagh-rose]

I'm a southern teacher of southern students! This was hilarious because it's true with our colloquial words and phrases. My students know that possum will get moved in a heartbeat! I can't wait to start teaching in rural Northern Ireland 🤣

[rorilee]

“Backtalk me again and I WILL move your possum from the trash can to the road”. I’m implementing this behavior system in my classroom next week. Perfection. 🎉🎉😂

[squiresam]

You forgot the whole section of Southern math that involves measuring distance.

[katt]

No lie, this is what moving from Boston to NC just in time to start 2nd grade felt like. I was just sitting in class like "I don't understand half of these words"

[redessa]

I was also taught that a couple is anywhere from 2 -5, but a few started at 3. The overlap was because it depended on context. A few potato chips is certainly more than 5, but a few cars in your yard could be as little as 3 or 4.

[sennataylor]

My high school math teacher loved saying something was “yay big” without ever telling us how big a yay was.

[drivernjax]

Being a southerner born and bred, I can relate to this math class. But, you forgot to use the numbers passel and bunch as in, "They's a passel of people comin' toonaht. Better cook a bunch of food." My mom used to say grunch, too.