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3catwoman3

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Reply to greatlaurel (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2014, 10:34 PM

Sep 2014

...someone posted the following statement about what math can feel like for those of us not naturally adept in this area. I liked it so much I memorized it -

Q: If you have 4 apples and 7 pencils, how many apples will fit on the roof?
A: Purple. Because aliens don't wear hats.

My final marking period of math in my senior year of high school was an overview of calculus. The teacher handed us a skinny little black book, and announced cheerfully, "Here. This is all self explanatory."

She was wrong. Very, very, very wrong.

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Well written article from Alternet about the math common core. Makes a lot of great points. [View all] greatlaurel Sep 2014 OP

I despised the math garbage my second grader brought home. AllyCat Sep 2014 #1

Did your child's school do Everyday Mathmetics? greatlaurel Sep 2014 #2

Oh jeez are they using that U of C Everyday mathematics again? lunasun Sep 2014 #3

It never went away, unfortunately, greatlaurel Sep 2014 #5

I feel for areas like you describe . Pushed in a corner and yes I still look at all that tutoring we lunasun Sep 2014 #8

The field of education is remarkably bad at learning from its mistakes. Ka hrnt Sep 2014 #4

Great links! Thanks! greatlaurel Sep 2014 #7

Excellent article! Thanks! femmocrat Sep 2014 #6

And since they will never be able to do the math in their head the old fashion way as you call it lunasun Sep 2014 #9

I feel so bad for the kids. It just wrong to put corporate profits ahead of the kids. greatlaurel Sep 2014 #11

Relatively recently, In The Lounge, IIRC... 3catwoman3 Sep 2014 #10

so because parents are frustrated, that makes it bad? mopinko Sep 2014 #12

I plan to respond to you more on those points later. Arne and Erikson Institute. madfloridian Sep 2014 #13

and that's a bad thing? mopinko Sep 2014 #14

can you please specify what you disagree w in that article? mopinko Sep 2014 #15