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We may have all those technological crutches, but I still can't do differential equations. I can't even do long division.
Thank you, New Math. Speaking of "nut bar ideas."
New math should have been a capital offense! I thank God for my mother Or I wouldn't have been able to do the math I can do today. She said:"I don't know how they do it that way but this is how I do it and you even get the right answer."
I went back and taught every one of my friends the old way and my teacher was POed to say the least. lol lol Eventually she relented because we couldn't get the new way so she let us do it the right way.
I had a recent laugh about another old way a few days ago when my son brought home greater than/less than problems. They told us the alligator and bird way. My son didn't get it because they didn't explain it well enough I guess. When I told him the alligator mouth goes to the big one and the bird beak goes to the small one---that solved it. No problems since. lol lol