I asked my female elders about it. I do remember not being able to read, and I remember faking not being able to read because I loved when Mom came to tuck me in and read me to sleep. Once I admitted to being able, I knew she'd make me read to her. She did. My first spelled word was "bank", from a very large sign we passed often. I can remember asking about it, and reciting "B.A.N.K. bank." Mom says I was 3 or 4. I knew the alphabet then. I'm guessing 4.
More alarming is what my Aunt had to say. Somewhere in 3-4 she taught me to count to 100. I followed her around my grandparents' house counting. I remember that. Then she blew me away by telling me I invented my own system for subtraction about then, by counting up and down, though I expect its range was low. It went something like taking 1 unit off at a time until I got to the right number. I'd fogotten it by 1st grade and had to learn it all over again with New Math.
So yes I guess it was all organic and due to having been raised by an English teacher, and spending time with an early programmer. This description didn't fit in the poll, and I didn't even know some of it.
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More alarming is what my Aunt had to say. Somewhere in 3-4 she taught me to count to 100. I followed her around my grandparents' house counting. I remember that. Then she blew me away by telling me I invented my own system for subtraction about then, by counting up and down, though I expect its range was low. It went something like taking 1 unit off at a time until I got to the right number. I'd fogotten it by 1st grade and had to learn it all over again with New Math.
So yes I guess it was all organic and due to having been raised by an English teacher, and spending time with an early programmer. This description didn't fit in the poll, and I didn't even know some of it.