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To: MichCapCon
Their arrogance is unbelievable. My child was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome and simply was not able to absorb the form of math teaching that they were offering called Everyday Math.

It eventually came down to a meeting where they wanted to continue to promote her grade wise (with a 30% F in math), and I refused. I actually had one of their math teachers tell me that they knew what was best for their child and that I should not challenge them because he had been to college to teach elementary math. Thank God my wife was there to restrain me.

I put my child into a private christian school the next week. My daughter graduates HS next years and is making a solid 90 to 95 percent in her pre-calculus class and is maintaining a 3.5 overall. It took us holding her back one year and retraining her for two years to forget the crap they taught her and retrain her with Saxon math.

7 posted on 02/13/2012 10:57:47 AM PST by taxcontrol
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To: taxcontrol

I know what you mean anot Everyday Mathmatics. My son (also with Aspergers) could not grasp it. But the really ugly thing is, my wife and I also struggled helping him on his 2nd and 3rd grade math homework. The algorithms were foriegn to us. This year (4th grade) they did drop Everyday because of parents complaints, but because he learned nothing the last two years, we are playing catch-up.

Math Education: An Inconvenient Truth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1qee-bTZI


13 posted on 02/13/2012 11:34:22 AM PST by NavyCanDo
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To: taxcontrol
Reading your story one more time I find it mirrors our exactly, except our son is now in 4th. See my post #11

Hopefully he will have the same success story as your daughter.

14 posted on 02/13/2012 11:39:49 AM PST by NavyCanDo
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To: taxcontrol

“Their arrogance is unbelievable. My child was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome and simply was not able to absorb the form of math teaching that they were offering called Everyday Math.”

I think that the others answered it already, but you don’t need Aspergers to not be able to learn from Everyday Math, you only need to be exposed to Everyday Math. It is a complete DISASTER.


20 posted on 02/13/2012 7:20:48 PM PST by BobL (I don't care about his past - Santorum will BRING THE FIGHT to Obama)
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