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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am wondering what "old-fashioned algebra" is.[/quote]

I'm not exactly sure, but I think it means they didn't rely on subpar teachers who were recruited by their friends at the main office to draft a new curriculum that utilizes made up words and employs 29 steps instead of the most direct route to solving the problem. In short: it means the way all of us learned math prior to 2.0. [/quote]

+1000 !!!!!

My child came home and said his teacher requested they ask their parents how two negative numbers multiplied form a positive product.  I told him you just memorize it, you get into math theorems and proofs using properties and identities later.  He said he was supposed to use "algebra tiles" I was like WTF are algebra tiles?

Me: "did the teacher explain what you were supposed to do", 
Him: "no, I think she couldn't figure it out, we talked about it with partners and just got confused"

So all this crap to develop a :deeper understanding" just confuses the kids.

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