Its rant time. Lol So when Im stressed I do one of 4 things. I drink, I smoke, I find a girl to have fun with or I do math. Sometimes I do a combination of these things. Most recently I was online doing some research on this common core math shit. And now I need one of the other three things. For those of you that dont know common core is a set of learning standards that are supposed to level the playing field and make it easier, by allowing people to understand why they doing it instead of of the old approach of teaching them the math facts and memorizing them. I understand why they would want to do this but the problem is that you must be able to memorize the basics and accept them. Math is absolute. There is no need to question it. I say this not because I dont want people to question things but because the ability to memorize basic facts will show the difference between a person that is good at math and someone who will take what they learn and apply it in physics in a big way. For someone who truly understands math learning on their own why it works is how they do it. They dont need you to teach them why. They just need the how. This is why i hear people who say they still dont use algebra in real life. They dont understand the why because they never cared to learn. You have taken the simplest part of the most complicated subject and turned it into a multi step problem that is unnecessary. What you have created is something that makes it harder because people are creatures of habit. I actually tried to apply this shit to college level calculus and it took me an hour to solve a problem that would take me 5 minutes to solve otherwise. Common Core cannot be applied to higher levels of mathematics. Not because it doesnt work but because it turns it into a session of writing and and needless extra work. Frankly put common core has purpose that it fails at spectacularly. It doesnt make it easier. Some people are good at math and others are not. Instead of trying to make everyone into common drones why dont you find and nurture what people are good at and make them stronger in that subject, sport or interest?
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 18:30:38 +0000