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Good dad. Bad teacher.

‘New’ math has been a plague, and I’d be happy if anyone could explain where/why there is a shift.

My wife is a teacher, and has been talking about this for almost 10yrs - school systems shifted to a different, “new” way to complete math functions - students don’t connect with it, parents don’t understand it and aren’t able to help from home, and teachers are forced to teach this particular curriculum - and I have yet to hear a good argument.

Bro’s response wasn’t measured and appropriate.

This is what makes kids hate math.

Nah you did the right thing. I understand your wife’s POV but that teacher is being extra, Not you.

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I'm training/being taught how to be a teacher right now, and one thing we are very specifically taught is that not every student is the same, and that some students may learn in different ways than others. It is our job to fascilitate that learning for the students even if it is different than how we standardly teach to the rest of the students.(now I'm not going to be a math teacher but this is for every teacher.) Accomadating students that are different is part of the job.

Also I hate that stupid square method of multiplying and dividing, I never understood it either. I would just do it the other way(the right way) then write it out in the square method so I got the "show your work part."

I have no idea why they changed up the way they teach math. Anyone know why?

Your wife is concerned that you put too much pressure on the teacher, but the teacher was putting too much pressure on your daughter by insisting on it being done her way. You are right in that there is more than one way to solve it, and a good teacher would acknowledge that. That's true math compression . You did good, dad. (And I am a teacher.)

You did everything perfectly.

Your wife needs to have your back on this. Your daughter’s education is on the line.

As an educator, I side with every step dad took. I would have also taken one further step. It just might be better for his daughter to have another math teacher. If the current teacher cannot think and evaluate different ways to problem solve, while analyzing the work done to prove that it is a valid way to solve a problem, then they need more education themselves.