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To: BruceDeitrickPrice

I’ve had my same tagline for several years. Don’t EVEN get me started. Afterschooling - saxon, singapore, and key curriculum are my favorites. The spiraling, group-work, reflective, reform math is garbage. I graduated from HS in 87 - good math student - no one ever suggested I become a teacher. I am an engineer (actually, only a Mom, right now). Guess who teaches? Non-math people. Guess who writes curricula and runs school systems into the ground.


19 posted on 09/16/2010 7:32:11 PM PDT by too much time (Were ANY educrats proficient at math in school?)
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To: too much time

In college, the first day of class one of my teachers showed us his old college calculator. He’d driven a 9” spike through it upon graduation because he hated math and figured he’d never use any.

Guess which subject he taught?


25 posted on 09/16/2010 8:16:36 PM PDT by Ellendra (I'll believe it's a crisis when the people who say it's a crisis, ACT like it's a crisis!)
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“actually, only a Mom”...I am glad to see you made the best choice for your children. Being a mom is a lot more important then being an engineer. You are doing something a could never do...being a mom :)

Worldview DAD


49 posted on 09/17/2010 12:08:20 PM PDT by WorldviewDad (following God instead of culture)
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To: too much time
Afterschooling - saxon, singapore, and key curriculum are my favorites. The spiraling, group-work, reflective, reform math is garbage.

Homeschool parent here. We've also used Saxon and Key-To. Saxon does use the spiral method, which seems to work for some people but not for everyone. Every student is unique.

53 posted on 09/17/2010 2:06:59 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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