Great video on math madness via Common Core standards, but let me answer the "why" question, as in "why would the government want to do this?" The answer is two-fold. First, by teaching inane and worthless problem-solving methods, you raise a generation which is less likely to ask critical questions of their government overlords. The second reason is already in full effect, and that is creating a generation that believes every answer they need can be "googled", therefore making them the smartest (and simultaneously most ignorant) generation to ever walk the planet. Welcome to Common Core...
My brain hurts enough just reading news stories about common core, so I know it can't be good for the kids who are mercilessly subjected to it firsthand.
In this assignment, seven-year-old kids in 2nd grade were told that they were wrong if they simply subtracted one number from another to find the correct answer. That's apparently not considered the "friendly" way to do math. Instead, they were told to add numbers to each number first, then subtract *those* numbers to get the right answer.
Anyone else feel an aneurysm coming on...?
"What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
Sources
http://dailycaller.com/2014/03/25/thi...
http://truthstreammedia.com/4th-grade...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZEGi...
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/princi...
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/even-m...
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/10/...
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