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

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I'm pretty open to this approach for core math the only thing I would stress would be the banning of calculators until a student achieves a learning level where they are ready to take on calculus.

You need to learn to do it in your head and focus on problem solving so that when you are faced with a real crisis in business or life you simply act or react with the correct solution which is the point of the exercise.

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Yet, people on this board advocate just using a calculator for everything... why learn math when you have a calculator... it is scary.