re: Dardenne: Jindal's approach"outrageous"- UPDATE Jindal getting sued

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What is so bad about Common Core?

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I have beef with the Math.

It's basically making you think of the shortcuts to get an answer. For example.

Let's say my dinner bill is $75 and i want to leave a 20% tip. Well, in my head i calculate:

20% of 100 is $20
50 is half of 100, so half of $20 is $10.
25 is half of 50, so half of $10 is $5.
$10+$5 = $15 dollar tip

I do this fairly quickly. Common core is instituting this as the way to do math. My problem, is that i do these steps on my own, because i've learned enough math in my youth, to be able to do math like this quickly as a shortcut. Common core basically eliminates the basic building blocks of math, and forces kids to use this as THE ONLY method, and expects kids to write it out in long had form. It wastes a bunch of time, and basically eliminates the fundamentals of mathematics, IMO.

Starting out kids doing this in math early on will hurt kids when they get to more advanced subjects like physics and calculus.