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Old Tue Apr 10, 2007, 12:57am
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Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle
Whose "bright" idea was it to go "changing" elementary math so that when my kids need help on their homework, I have no idea what the devil the teacher has been teaching them. In the end, I show them how to "really do it" and just shake my head at all this new math nonsense. I guess that makes me old.
Let me guess, you walked up hill both ways to school, in the snow, barefoot??

As a current math major (well, math and philosophy double major), I think the new math is great. Then again, I'm double majoring in math and philosophy, so you should really question my judgement.
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