Here’s the deal. Education better be taught in Espanol because the Baby Boomers who funded the Federal Government for the last 50 years didn’t have enough children to fund your bullshit! They couldn’t AFFORD to! Y’all hate us now? Come on, come on!!!
Education in Mexico and most of Latin America is much better than here, because they actually manage to teach kids to read and do basic math, which is why your Latin American yard guy can actually go on and found his own landscaping business once he has earned a little money here.
We need to go back to teaching kids facts. The problem with “Common Core” is that while it sounds like it’s teaching facts (”original sources”), it’s not. It’s actually aimed at teaching them the conclusions they should draw from reading one or another thing. In other words, it’s indoctrination.
Kids simply need to learn how to read, how to write coherently, and how to do math. They also need a basic civics course (that is, government structure, how and why to vote, etc.) and a basic history course that at least enables them to distinguish between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. I can tell you from personal experience that even college students are shaky on this.
“Education better be taught in Espanol because the Baby Boomers who funded the Federal Government for the last 50 years didn’t have enough children to fund your bullshit! They couldn’t AFFORD to!”
They chose not to (and their children and grandchildren continue to choose not to), and now the meek are inheriting the earth.
Teaching Math in 1950:
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit?
Teaching Math in 1960:
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. What is his profit?
Teaching Math in 1970:
A logger exchanges a set “L” of lumber for a set “M” of money. The cardinality of set “M” is 100. Each element is worth one dollar. Make 100 dots representing the elements of the set “M.” The set “C,” the cost of production contains 20 fewer points than set “M.” Represent the set “C” as subset of set “M” and answer the following question: What is the cardinality of the set “P” of profits?
Teaching Math in 1980:
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20. Your assignment: Underline the number 20.
Teaching Math in 1990:
By cutting down beautiful forest trees, the logger makes $20. What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did the forest birds and squirrels “feel” as the logger cut down the trees? There are no wrong answers.
Teaching Math in 2002:
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $120. How does Arthur Andersen determine that his profit margin is $60?
Teaching Math in 2010:
El hachero vende un camion cargado de lena por $100. Su gasto de unga bunga munga funga dunga...