re: Dad Writes Gag Check to Son's Elementary School Using Common Core Math

they aren't taking number theory here. They are learning a method and problem solving. It will help them out immensely in the long run. In school I tutored so many people who just couldn't get math because they didn't understand that it was about the method and how you get from a to b. You'll thank common core when you kid doesn't have to switch majors due to a math course they can't pass because they haven't been exposed to how it truly works until that time. It really was sad to see people try so hard, spending hours and hours working on this course to finally get the C and know that they still didn't grasp it enough to apply what they just learned in their upcoming major cours.