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OTOH, all my kids have excelled in math having been homeschooled.
Thank you Saxon Math!
“Thank you Saxon Math!”
What is REALLY SAD is that less than 2% of the people reading this thread have ANY CLUE as to what Saxon Math is.
And because they do not know, I’ll add a bit here:
In Texas, before Common Core, we had REAL Standards in our state, and I went through everything that I could find in my quest for a math program that actually met our standards. And, everywhere I looked, the software/books ALL told me how much ‘fun’ my kids would have learning math. But I had a BIG PROBLEM with that, because learning math is NOT ‘fun’, it’s hard work. But once learned, it is the TICKET to success in this country (as we both know).
So Saxon Math shows up. The books are written by John Saxon, and sometimes, a second person (as co-author). THAT IS IT. Go through the early pages and there are NO ‘diversity specialists’, or ‘inclusion specialists’, or any other crap. They simply have PROBLEMS, ingenious problems. When the kids learn to tackle those problems, they are ready to TAKE ON THE WORLD, as my kids, and your kids (for sure), did.
But, sadly, for most parents - we are CRAP - we ‘abuse’ our kids by making them study OUR MATERIAL, as opposed to trying to count the number of ‘identified’ genders as of 5/16/2018, or whatever.
But the BOTTOM LINE (and this will be difficult for some FReepers) is that the LAWS OF PHYSICS simply DO NOT suspend themselves because a certain ‘child’ learned ‘different’ laws, due to Common Core. In other words, there are ABSOLUTES, and if those ‘absolutes’ (i.e., not Common Core) are not followed, PEOPLE WILL DIE, and it’s that simple, and has been PROVEN over and over again.