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To: Califreak
My 9 year old Granddaughter and I sat down together for some simple multiplication problems. She could not explain the new concept so I could understand, nor could she understand the traditional method. It was a Tower of Babel moment for us. Very sad.

In two weeks she learned to handle the dingy in our busy waterway, she is very smart.

12 posted on 01/27/2011 4:00:54 PM PST by captain anode (78% of us FREEPERS could practice better manners.)
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To: captain anode

“Pretty cool, huh? Try some yourself! You can check your answers using a calculator or the regular way of multiplying.” answer NO! NOT cool!

Looks like a good way to waste a lot of time and if a person is the least bit sloppy, expect the wrong answer! What they are teaching is; “Use a calculator kid.”


14 posted on 01/27/2011 4:15:00 PM PST by captain anode (78% of us FREEPERS could practice better manners.)
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To: captain anode

It was a Tower of Babel moment for us. Very sad.
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The parents can not transfer their culture to the child because they *literally* no longer share the same language!

That is the very **POINT** of these “methods”. The very GOAL is not to teach math but to drive a wedge between the parents and the child! Instead of respecting the parents as a well of knowledge and wisdom, the child is taught to lean on the government and have contempt for his parents and the parents’ values.

It is EVIL! How can evil be reformed? IT CAN NOT! It must be shut down.


45 posted on 01/28/2011 6:08:41 AM PST by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid!)
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To: captain anode

It was a Tower of Babel moment for us. Very sad.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The parents can not transfer their culture to the child because they *literally* no longer share the same language!

That is the very **POINT** of these “methods”. The very GOAL is not to teach math but to drive a wedge between the parents and the child! Instead of respecting the parents as a well of knowledge and wisdom, the child is taught to lean on the government and have contempt for his parents and the parents’ values.

It is EVIL! How can evil be reformed? IT CAN NOT! It must be shut down.


46 posted on 01/28/2011 6:08:40 AM PST by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid!)
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To: captain anode

I just read your post to my husband. He immediate quipped, “He should shut up and **DO** something about it!”

( Get your grand daughter out that temple of evil and teach her yourself.)


47 posted on 01/28/2011 6:12:49 AM PST by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid!)
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