And since they will never be able to do the math in their head the old fashion way as you call it (Reply #9)

Tue Sep 23, 2014, 11:29 PM

lunasun (20,973 posts)

imagine how low functioning they will be as consumers

And poor employment opportunities too
Sad

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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

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