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On 9/14/13 4:46 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 14:50:48 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 13:12:21 -0400, wrote:

I am not even sure the current batch of teachers understand it. We are
old. They grew up with a calculator in their hand. (anyone younger
than 45 or so).
In 1971 my Bomar "4 banger" cost about $100.
A few years later you could get one free with a "fill up" at a gas
station.

Number lines were on the walls of all the middle school math teachers when I was teaching. I can't
imagine a decent teacher not having one when introducing kids to negative numbers.

John (Gun Nut) H.

My daughter now has 2 of the 3 of her kids home schooled.
This is not the Jesus thing, it is a program run by the school board
and most of it is online. Kids need good grades to do it tho.

It all came up over that long division thing.

I am sure this will set Harry's hair on fire but it is not a new
thing,. Maryland was doing it in the 80s.

Back in my public school days, there were several private schools in the
area that catered to kids who couldn't make it for whatever reason in
the public schools. I'm not saying those kids were "slow." There also
was one Catholic high school that got the cream of the crop of bright
Catholic kids. I haven't kept up with what is happening in K-12 these
days, although I am very impressed with my grandson's progress in his
schools.

We have a family member who home schools the kids for "religious"
reasons. I wouldn't want to be those kids.