If they keep changing the way they teach things like math in school, they shouldn’t complain that parents aren’t helping their children to do better. They can’t explain what they weren’t taught as kids in school themselves. When my kids brought home this “new math”, I had to ask what was wrong with the old math.
Sorry but this new math just doesn’t add up. I say we divide and conquer, have a mob scene via computer to multiply our effectiveness, minus the torches, of course. Gonna go eat some pi now.
dirtking239 over 12 years ago
This won’t be the case too much longer if we keep cutting back education and keep lowering the bar on what is “passing”
djsabc over 12 years ago
My 5th grader has stuff that I look at and go HUH? Thank heavens for google.
lightenup Premium Member over 12 years ago
My oldest is in third grade – so far, so good. But she is learning things like opportunity cost recently, so this may be my last year.
cbrsarah over 12 years ago
If they keep changing the way they teach things like math in school, they shouldn’t complain that parents aren’t helping their children to do better. They can’t explain what they weren’t taught as kids in school themselves. When my kids brought home this “new math”, I had to ask what was wrong with the old math.
Mike H over 12 years ago
Don’t have the heart to tell the kid some things are useless in adult life.
lou_lou over 12 years ago
Ok, my two boys are a little way from school yet… But you’re SCARING ME!! What the heck is NEW MATH?!?!
Jeff0811 over 12 years ago
Sorry but this new math just doesn’t add up. I say we divide and conquer, have a mob scene via computer to multiply our effectiveness, minus the torches, of course. Gonna go eat some pi now.