ALL my points still stand. The math standards are simply be able to do x, y, and z by such-and-such grade. They do not say how to teach. If your daughter couldn't do long division, then the teacher and/or school failed to adhere to the Common Core Standards. Thus you can't rationally claim that it is the fault of the standards themselves.

Let me make this absolutely clear. The Common Core Standard says students should know how to do long division by the end of the 4th grade (at the latest). You feel that your 5th grade daughter should know how to do long division. You agree with the Common Core Standard regarding long division.

My feelings about Common Core aren't simply for or against. When I saw your complaint I figured I'd look up what the Common Core Standard was regarding long division. Apparently I'm the only one in this forum who thinks we should read what the standards actually say before making a judgement call. I think the hatred of Common Core has reach a fanatical level, so much so that when anything even seems to be wrong in education, it will be blamed on Common Core.

I am a math tutor. I don't like the government takeover of education. I intend to homeschool my children. My wife and I will teach them according to their needs.

There's going to be plenty of things that you're going to have to reteach the right way....like...thinking.

Nope...yer not.. BYE!!

That doesn't sound very objective...

I know we've kind of gotten off the subject, but I had to add that I discovered yesterday that they are teaching her to put a , before and. (ie yellow, gray, and blue...). Not the end of the world, I know, but still WRONG

And magic works the same way. Belieeeeeeve.
I have a premiere to get to. Leave me alone. :)

I meant faith is like flying unicorns and fairy dust. :)
Is it not safe to assume that government can't be trusted to do what they say...even back in the Regan days. Was there even a mapped out plan for how this border seal was going to happen? He pandered.

??? Not sure what you mean. Either you take someone at their word and trust they will do what they say, or you assume that they have to be coerced into keeping their commitments. The second implies a necessary tyranny - only the first is conducive to freedom and natural rights.

"good faith"...well, there ya go. (oxymoron)

I can't fault the guy for negotiating in good faith only to have them dishonor themselves and renege on their promises. I'm not going to blame one party for keeping to their word when the other doesn't, but I think that it is also a very stern warning to those of the future that these people can not be trusted to do what they say - as if that weren't evident in their behavior.

Sights on target, a hit! a very palpable hit!

I only hope and pray that the video was a pun, if not we're in worse shape than I could imagine. How could anyone find that many people that could be that dumb?

Reason Magazine did a cover and article on Chavez many decades ago and pointed out his skimming and scamming of the unions and his power-hungry manipulation of many people.

http://reason.com/search?q=cesar+chavez&...

http://reason.com/blog/2014/03/29/would-...

But the legend...

In math you learn that adding negative numbers together always results in a larger negative number. Some do not believe this, thus keep adding those negatives hoping that the final result will be positive. Many of those are in politics now.

Keep them confused....

I am guessing that you don't have any school age children...

I didn't say she wasn't taught it; I said she didn't know how to do it. She said that they learned it in third grade, but had not used it since. She tried to show me how she had learned, but frankly it was completely useless. I take it you are a common core fan? If so, I sure hope you have kids and that they go to public school, so they can learn how to solve a simple math problem in only 20 minutes and properly salute Herr obama.

The principle also said I had a very noisy classroom. Of course I did. I was delighted if I could get those kids to talk and express themselves. They had been made fun of so much because they either talked slow, had trouble finding the right words or just stuttered. Almost to a person, however, they were sweet natured and anxious to learn. There was a boy, small for his age, who I taught to pick out a tune on the piano in the room. The tune was, as he called it, "Swami Riber." His mom called me in tears because it was the first time he exhibited anything of a nature other than simple sentences. I could go on, but the memories are choking me up a bit.

well, I got in at 136, and a friend did not, at 125....... -- j

p.s. had another friend who claimed 165, and zany
was a good, fun adjective ... quite a fast thinker,
like many here in the gulch!!! goooood company!

You caused me to think of Ideocracy, a Netflix rental that I watched last week. I hope dumbed down to stupid does not become genetic. If I'm not mistaken, a Gulcher mentioned this movie just under a month ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icmRCixQ...

Nice :)

Thanks and I certainly think an early start program is worth looking into. I would also say that reading books helps fill in the educational gaps of public school. If she enjoys reading, suggest all of the classics (AS included of course) I sympathize with you as I am also now a parent, the whole public school thing is a little scary, but I think there is hope, heck, I went to a BIG time lib university and got a lib arts degree and look where I am now writing things on this Galt's Gulch blog! As long as she gains the proper critical thinking skills to defend herself from systematic brainwashing she will be OK, there is hope!