Nice way out, so unless you sit through an entire semester, you can't make a judgment. I guess CC wins.
. On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 2:43 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On another note, since my daughter was accepted into the 6th grade STEM > > program she won't have to do Common Core math. That right there should > > speak volumes about it's college readiness. > > > > That right there could mean LOT'S of things. Perhaps they feel it better > suited for the younger students, but have a different/better method for the > older students. Perhaps they don't feel like the standards have been vetted > enough to offer it across the board at their schools. Who knows. > > Going back to your viral example. As a math major, i can't count the number > of times I was forced on a test to take the "scenic route" to an answer in > the name of education vs. expedience. > > I distinctly remember having to graph natural logarithms, WITHOUT using the > natural log function. Why? To learn how Taylor Polynomials could be used to > APPROXIMATE natural logs. A problem that might take 5 seconds, took > considerably longer. WHy? Education.To teach me what the natural logs were > about, and other ways to approach the same question. > > That is why these viral pictures, these "snippets", are mostly useless. > There is almost always a deeper explanation that needs to be explored > before anything can be proven or dismissed. The parent who supposedly had > an advanced degree (if that's even true), should very well have appreciated > this. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:370285 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
