School: 2x4=8
This is not to say that one cannot calculate the right answer using the C.C. method, but it seems to me, the parents I’ve talked to, and the kids themselves when I’ve subbed, it makes simple things much more difficult. The kids actually thank me for showing them how I learned itback when mastodons roamed the earth.
I’ve seen examples of that stupid math; takes seven minutes to explain how to subtract 257 from 358.