If you want to see why so many people are opposed to the new “common core” curriculum, all you have to do is take a look at this adorable 3rd grade girl laboriously trying to solve a math problem with the labyrinthine methods they impose. It takes her a full eight minutes to do one problem, and the answer doesn’t quite match up to the real solution.







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So what was wrong with the old method? Some have noted that these newer problem solving methods are those are used by advanced students as shortcuts. But that doesn’t mean every kid will have the intellectual tendencies to support those methods. Just teach the traditional method, and let students figure out what’s best for them.

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