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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Its a disaster.  There are a few outliers on here who are trying to convince everyone that CC makes sense, and that anyone who opposes it is either an idiot or a right-wing nut job....or both I guess.

All I can tell you is that my DS hates it.  used to be a happy student, now our nights are filled with tears (from me,mom) because we find ourselves not being able to call upon our knowledge and math skills to solve a simple 6th grade math problem.  We have spent hours literally trolling websites for HOW TO videos.  Finally given up.  If he can't "get it" within the first 15 mins of trying he goes in with an incomplete homework assignment and a note telling the teacher that she needs to re-teach the content. [/quote]

If a lot of the kids in the class are having the same issue, then I would agree, the teacher needs to reteach it.

You probably can't figure it out either because 1. *you* are not used to  doing math that way, and are programmed to do it only that one way you were taught and/or 2. you may not be math savvy.

I'm finding that CC math is not just about numbers, but also involves a lot of reading comprehension and deciphering.  Perhaps you are weak in that area.  Some may say math should only be about numbers, but I would disagree.  Most real life math problems involve some reading comprehension.

I don't think kids should be taught math a certain way just so the parents can understand it.[/quote]

And herein lies the issue. It used to be that some people are stronger in math, and weaker in English. Matter of fact, that's why some students end up in the professions they do - because everyone has strengths and weaknesses.  So now you have math requiring, as you put is A LOT of reading comprehension and deciphering. And so you will have a percentage of the class now frustrated and potentially failing mathematics because of this, who would otherwise have thrived. My husband would have been one of those students. Being profoundly dysgraphic and slightly dyslexic, he took pleasure in numbers because he didn't have to use the deficient parts of his brain (why a lot of dysgraphic students have trouble showing their work but come up with the right answers on tests that don't require it. It's not because they don't understand how they got the answer. It's because the physical act of writing takes up so many resources that the part that calculates can't function.)

Needless to say, he's very successful in his chosen field - computer science. [/quote]

In your husbands' case - there would be accommodations made so he wouldn't have to write so much. [/quote]

I don't think you understand dysgraphic dysfunction. It's not about 'writing so much'. It's about how the physical act of writing takes up so much brain power that the individual can't devote enough brain power to getting the answer. My son's IQ dropped 40 points in the testing to see if he was indeed dysgraphic. Think about that for a bit. [/quote]

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