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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's good that the kids are given thoughtful word problems.

[b]Except I happen to know that they're not being explained adequately in class... there is a wide chasm between the dumbed down worksheets and these word problems, and somehow the kids are expected to go from one to the other effortlessly.

Another example of poor math teaching.[/b][/quote]

Yes!!!

Elementary school teachers usually make the WORST math teachers. It is so sad the way it works in this country. Think about your average elementary school teacher: white suburban chick who avoided math in college and went into teaching because she "loves" kids. Most of them majored in a soft social science like psychology. And now we're entrusting her to foster the basic building blocks of math education which you need to be successful in so many fields from finance to engineering? It's really terrible. [/quote]

Way to generalize, honey.   :roll: [/quote]

They're right.  I went from college professor to elementary teacher, and elementary teachers are pretty much dumber than most college students.  [/quote]

If you were a college professor, then you should know better than to generalize about an entire profession based on your personal experience.

Unless this is an exercise and you're intentionally trying to prove your point about elementary teachers being dumb.  If so, well played.
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