How I was taught mathematics through the years

When I was in school, mathematics was taught in a very monotone way. The classrooms always seemed pretty quiet because the teacher was usually the only person talking and moving around in math. Teachers expected all students to be on the same level. Students were all assessed in the same way. One good thing about learning math back then was that there seemed to be more time given to students to learn about certain math topics. Learning about math seems to go pretty fast these days.