Posted on 07/13/2014 11:46:51 AM PDT by AuditTheFed
by Gina Cassini | Top Right News
One student got tired of being dumbed-down by Common Core's convoluted "standards" to do basic arithmetic.
"Standards" like how to add two numbers, which the student was told to do like THIS:
WHAT? It's enough to make you pull your hair out.
So when he was given his next basic arithmetic assignment, to find the difference between 180 and 158 (180-158), this 5th grade student just did it his own way -- the right way -- and dissed Common Core with single, awesome word:
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RPN forever!
Remember the plastic “shopping total adders” that had buttons for 4 places (when a shopping order more than $99.99 would be impossibly large). Punch-punch-punch, punch-punch-punch-punch-punch, etc. and the machine did the carrying for you.
Well actually it’s not math but simple arithmetic, but who’s counting, right? (pun intended)
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