I blew up at my son’s teacher when she counted a multiplication problem wrong that had the right answer but not the Common Core method. She said we had to show the reasoning and the multi-step method. I said 58x58 written traditionally did show the answer, and got the right one.
She implied we were bad at math, hence we didn’t get it. I explained that as two engineers, with a husband who tutored others in algebra, Calculus and thermodynamics, if we didn’t get the third grade math, the problem was the technique, not the parents.
The districts that sign on to Common Core get BIG MONEY for doing so. The books are tripe, the math is ridiculous. The parents are furious. The kids are confused. Teach your kid math the old-fashioned way - math is logical, it has to make sense.
Is there any way you can get your child out of this school? Is it a government school?