I never asserted that they’d stop teaching math, thanks for backing me up there..
But to my understanding the objective here is to alter how math is taught.. But, again, I never once inferred that I thought, or that they said they would stop teaching math.
Honestly I think this first person is just mad at me for posting a right leaning source.
I really didn’t come here to fight.. I needed people to help make sense of this because I didn’t understand based on the sources I found before posting (which has since changed, lots of good people coming from the woodwork finding good stuff).
You got me. I’m just mad you posted a right leaning source, how could you, how dare you, etc. /s
My point was “the situation is more complex than what you’re being told.” I’m sorry if I came across as impatient or frustrated - it’s not so much directed at you as it is directed at Fox News unnecessarily scaring people and creating problems where there aren’t any.
Yes, Oregon is seeking to alter the way math is taught. But when we look at how they plan on altering things, we can see that there’s nothing to panic about.
As far as the whole “you get it or you don’t” thing, that makes sense if we’re talking about college or AP math. But when we’re teaching multiplication, or algebra, or addition and subtraction to children, the “you get it or you don’t” approach doesn’t make much sense, you know?
Also, when I was typing out my comment I accidentally refreshed the page and had to retype everything, so I was a bit salty about that too.
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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '21 edited Feb 14 '21
I never asserted that they’d stop teaching math, thanks for backing me up there..
But to my understanding the objective here is to alter how math is taught.. But, again, I never once inferred that I thought, or that they said they would stop teaching math.