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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]None of this BS this "teacher" is posting is relevant to the issue of achievement gap.

And the poster who said the Asian kids "struggling" with 2.0 but would beat the teacher in SAT's is dead on right. Lol[/quote]

Agree the teacher is full of BS but I do think its relevant that if  teachers can't teach, it will only exasperate the achievement gap. My kids take math outside MCPS. They know far more than what is being taught in class. The math exercises are often poorly chosen examples to showcase a particular strategy. I've had to explain to my kids that its an exercise in following instructions and figuring out what the teacher wants you to do not finding the most efficient or intuitive way to solve he problem. Sadly, the math component is secondary to the english component. I've had to tell my kids to construct a story and pretend they are explaining math to someone who doesn't understand it or to try to repeat words that the teacher has said in class. This yields success and the teachers have raved at their math ability. Sadly, this isn't math at all.

Its not a bad business skill. Much of what I do at work is figuring out how to present things in ways that will sell it and be understandable to the audience. This is a great skill for funding a bridge but you REALLY do not want to use this approach in building a bridge!! I guess the plan is to just outsource all science and engineering to countries that teach STEM in school.

In terms of the achievement gap, it must be impossible for someone who is ESL and doesn't the same background to figure out this is the way to succeed in the strange new system. Even if the lower income parents try to work with their kids, what are they going to do? There are no textbooks or clear explanations for any of this nonsense. The teachers barely understand what they are supposed to be doing. How on earth can a parent working several jobs with limited english and education figure it out. [/quote]

I'm curious. What grade are your kids in? [/quote]

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