I’ve seen something like this before and it reminded me of the time the local school district made us kids learn something called “modern math.” It was supposed to help us ultimately learn higher math such as algebra, trigonometry and calculus. Well, all it did was confuse me and many of my classmates. Even the teacher was confused. I felt sorry for him. He tried his best, but it was way over our heads.
Because proficiency in higher math was a requirement, I had to abandon my dreams of a college education, disappointing my parents who worked so hard so my brother and I could go to college. Essentially, modern math ruined my life. This common core **** will do the same for our kids.
I bet we are the same age because I remember the exact say thing from my youth. I was lucky enough however to have a father that was very mathematically versed and he (when he wasn’t complaining about such insanity) would help me. And as you can imagine, when I would bring the assignments home graded with correct answers marked wrong because I didn’t get the answer the “correct” modern math way he would go into orbit! These education Ph.D.s need to be striped naked and flogged while watching the tally being kept with esoteric flow charts.
Because proficiency in higher math was a requirement, I had to abandon my dreams of a college education, disappointing my parents who worked so hard so my brother and I could go to college. Essentially, modern math ruined my life.
I have been thinking a lot about how many abuses should be, and whether or not they could be, actionable. I was told of a star football player who didn’t get a scholarship because the guidance counselor, a true lib, thought that since he had advantages already as the son of an auto dealer - and cooked the books to prevent it. I mentioned it to my boss, who had been trained as a lawyer, and he responded, “I would think action would lie.” And I think it did, and that counselor paid a lot for his sin.It seems like we have a somewhat similar case here, but not one perhaps of malice but of negligence. If I drive my car and am at fault in an accident, you don’t have to prove that I meant to do it, only that I did it. Same thing here. The “New Math” people - and now the “Common Core” people - have caused a catastrophe. Not just for one kid, but for legions of them. It should be possible to sue for malpractice - and the (supposed) fact that they didn’t mean to make education FUBAR doesn’t mean that they are not responsible for the fact that it is FUBAR. And “responsible” doesn’t begin and end with an apology. Certainly not a “I’m sorry you misunderstood me” apology.