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repetition and memorization are indeed very important in elementary math. without that, any thinking skill or problem solving skill is just some imaginary high riser building on the sand. i noticed whenever i went buy some grocery or fast food, let's say it cost $16.39. and i gave $20 bill at...

a year after i started my landscaping for my new home, i finally got the deposit check of $1000 from the HOA. what a relief. good luck to everyone trying to get their money back.

I have the same optimistic look at the beginning of the school year when the principle talked about this transition. unfortunately I was very disappointed at the end of the school year.

let's see how long does it take for this CC to make everyone equally dumb. then we will have a very high passing rate for the new test. yay!

when i talked to the teacher of my kid, she said she would be very worried about her own kids (who is young right now) when they started school in a few years. does this tell you something about this new CC ?

i think if you don't show your work their way, you will get point reduction. and when you need to grade over all the steps, we need people who are trained in math not just any teacher or school administrator to grade the paper. we all know that math has so many different approaches for the same...

really ? we all come from very strong asian math background. and when we look at they are trying to teach in common core, we are just shocked. just because they say they are "build on the best of high-quality math standards" doesn't mean they really are. there is no proven success record of...

unfortunately, there is no way to find out why they fail because they never give your test back. and they never show you what's the expected answer or what's the secret steps to show. they never show you how are those steps graded. even most of the teachers are not familiar with this common core...

great! that's why 3x4 equals 11 is ok as long as you show your work... when something deviates from common sense, you know it is just BS. when people come up with some stupid idea, they always make it sound rosy. math is math, it's not rocket science. there are proven methods from all over the...

and this is why:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0MM2gHdcos

this is why : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x2ZyXWHeMw

a very good video about what common core really is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDX2nXcyyTI

abcd1234, my kid missed the expression & equation section. i have already registered her for the summer test. but not knowing why so many kids fail the test makes me wonder if the problems lies with the test itself.

"A kid can?t just know that 12-9=3, they have to demonstrate their knowledge?by showing it 5?ways" what a genius evolution we have in this country.

unfortunately there is a reason why so many kids can not pass the test. it's not because kids are not good at math. it is because the so called new standard and the way the test is designed and the way it is graded. nobody knows what they are looking for. there is no text book decided yet and i...

yup. this is exactly what happened. some school has no kids got passed that test. great job IUSD by putting our kids at a great "advantage". and there is rumor that there is a budget issue involved and they don't want more algebra kids in middle school. if parents don't do anything before...

I am wondering if there's any data tracking how those kids do after they got into those ivy schools. If a kid needs tutoring in order to get through elementary middle and high school and go to a top tier university, I really doubt their ability to survive there.

judging a student based on what college he goes to is really not fair. we all know that nowadays college admission becomes a game. you either need to be a superman or you can pay a hefty price for someone to juice up your essay or make up some story for you. college admission becomes the...

I installed mine throughhttp://ocqhomeproducts.com.It's clearview with speed reducer. so the door won't slam but will slowly retract. however the speed reducer of one of the doors stopped working recently and the door will slam if you are not careful. although all the parts are under warranty...

i am wondering if anyone has installed any lock latches for the gate for those new houses so that the gate can be opened from both sides ? any recommendations? thanks.