Common core tries to get people thinking about math in an abstract way in the theory that it can make everyone great at math. Problem is only a small percentage of people really enjoy playing around with numbers like that. When I first started doing common core math with my kids I loved it, but immediately saw how so many people would hate it. Like the video, the guy just wants to solve the problem and then go play with video games instead of playing with the numbers, me I enjoyed them playing with the numbers.
noonefromnowhere -4 points 2.0 years ago
Common core tries to get people thinking about math in an abstract way in the theory that it can make everyone great at math. Problem is only a small percentage of people really enjoy playing around with numbers like that. When I first started doing common core math with my kids I loved it, but immediately saw how so many people would hate it. Like the video, the guy just wants to solve the problem and then go play with video games instead of playing with the numbers, me I enjoyed them playing with the numbers.