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It's a crock of shit and will ruin many kids for math. [/quote]

I guess you say this because it is not the way you were taught. 
But, it actually does help kids understand what they are doing when they are adding. 
I am likely older than you, and when I was taught math in elementary it didn’t make sense to me. 
So, I would come home and my dad would “reteach” me - my dad, who had his masters in physics.
He actually taught me to add left to right.  Doing this helped me understand the algorithm.  
A good teacher knows how to help kids understand what they are doing. [/quote]

I'm in my mid 50s. Back when math was math and age-appropriate.  I know many kids who just are picking up this math fad, partly because it is too abstract at a young age and that teachers don't really understand how to teach it.

And fuck the fact that they want parents to go to training on this. How many kids is THAT going to SCREW OVER? [/quote]

They want parents to go to training so you don't embarrass yourself with an inane Facebook rant about the new math. They're saving yourself from you.[/quote]

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