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"Would you want to go to a doctor who's learned about the concepts
but never done the surgery? Would you want your doctor to say, 'I had
the right idea when I removed your appendix, though I took out the
wrong one?' "
Wrong appendix?
bc thinks H. s. sapiens are not ruminants.
On 2008, Jul 20, , at 10:03, John Denker wrote:
Here's something you don't see every day: An informative, non-
polemical,
non-hysterical news article about new math ± old math.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/07/18/
renegade.math.parents.ap/index.html
Story Highlights_______________________________________________
# Parents sometimes struggle with kids' concept-based math curricula
# Method teach the ideas behind mathematics, rather than rote
procedures
# Parents don't understand the new methods; can't help with homework
# Rebel parents teach kids the old -fashioned math methods
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