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May 12, 2024
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Division Bell
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It's dumb because it's not math.
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I hate helping kids with math. Why can't they be taught normal math?
TRUE_BLUE_COUGY
May 12, 8:30pm
Ikr! I teach mine and they tell me that’s not how it works now, but I tell them what I’m showing them isn’t wrong.
Texas Hammer
May 12, 8:38pm
RE: I hate helping kids with math. Why can't they be taught normal math?
IAmSpartyCoug
May 12, 8:44pm
It's dumb because it's not math.
Division Bell
May 12, 8:45pm
Old math is worse. The new methods teach kids better ways to think about how numbers really work.
HarlemCoug
May 12, 8:48pm
RE: Old math is worse. The new methods teach kids better ways to think about how
Dark Forest Green
May 12, 9:09pm
Yeah, and also how not to actually do math in a real setting
Bob Vance
May 12, 9:27pm
I don't follow. All of my "real settings" where I do math is A. In my head. B. At my computer. New math is better suited
HarlemCoug
May 12, 10:18pm
I find when I help my kids the new way is much closer to how I do it in my head
DiamondMo
May 12, 9:40pm
Agreed. But this is the point right? New math is how nearly all of us do math in our head. It's wise to teach kids
HarlemCoug
May 12, 10:18pm
Have you seen the new math division approach? Ridiculous.
septicpumper
May 12, 10:31pm
Why? Isn't that how you do it in your head? If not, how would you do it in your head? Say a simple problem like
HarlemCoug
May 12, 10:37pm
No. My daughter majored in math and was good at it because I taught her how to
CasualFan
May 13, 9:40am
New math. Old math. It’s still math. Math is terrible and boring. Words rule.
pink22
May 12, 9:01pm
Check out ‘new math’ by Tom Lehrer. Then his other videos. You can thank me
eyes4byu
May 12, 9:08pm
Poisoning pigeons, that is.
eyes4byu
May 12, 9:15pm
Except for the ones we take home to experiment
DiamondMo
May 12, 9:39pm
Because they carry computers in their pockets.
Blue Print
May 12, 9:26pm
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