[SkyDancer]

School: 2+2=4

Homework: 2+2+4=8

Exam: Billy is 7, his train is 12 minutes early. Calculate the mass of the sun.

[hanamizu]

School: 2x4=8

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You should see the common core way of math problems. Many times in involves drawing lots of tiny boxes. Kid receives only partial credit for the right answer. Gotta draw the boxes to get full credit.

This is not to say that one cannot calculate the right answer using the C.C. method, but it seems to me, the parents I’ve talked to, and the kids themselves when I’ve subbed, it makes simple things much more difficult. The kids actually thank me for showing them how I learned it—back when mastodons roamed the earth.