Anti Common Core Check Dad is an Idiot

[heyjude]

www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/09/21/the-dad-who-wrote-a-check-using-common-core-math-doesnt-know-what-hes-talking-about/

There are interesting graphics here to illustrate author's point oherwise I would post the article.

[ringstrue]

Yay!

I'm glad that we are starting to move past the point of parent's having a meltdown over progress in education.

[btay]

This way of teaching math makes way more sense to me, it's how I mentally have been doing math for years.

[badtzmaru22]

Yessss, every time I see people ranting about common core math on FB, all I can think is that it looks like it makes total sense to me, and I would have done a lot better in math in school if I had been taught "new math".

[elleblue]

Sept 23, 2015 11:50:02 GMT -5 btay said:

This way of teaching math makes way more sense to me, it's how I mentally have been doing math for years.

Same here. And now I have an explanation as to why I suddenly got really good at math once I hit pre-algebra. 

[marriedfilingjoint]

Sept 23, 2015 14:06:21 GMT -5 elleblue said:

Sept 23, 2015 11:50:02 GMT -5 btay said:

This way of teaching math makes way more sense to me, it's how I mentally have been doing math for years.

Same here. And now I have an explanation as to why I suddenly got really good at math once I hit pre-algebra. 

Ditto! I saw the problem the dad was bitching about and immediately knew the answer even though I've had no exposure to Common Core. It's exactly how I do math in my head.