Oh Lord. Were you one of those who was taught that crazy new math? 400,000 - 5 percent is certainly NOT 10,000 dollars. We need desperately to go back to the math that was taught in the 60’s and 70’s and perhaps even earlier.
Yeah, but that was so much harder. Besides, today it's all about making sure we don't impugn the little ones fragile, self-esteem.
There was a story about a school in NYC a few years back, I recall. All about self esteem being more important than actual correct answers.
What I recall most was the example used....When a student answered the 'Whats 2 + 2? One kid answered 3. The teacher replied, no it's actually 4...but if you feel good about 3 then it's ok.WTF?