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John: Math skills are very weak in our nation, always has been in my lifetime; but far weaker now, and in an exponential context.
Our education system has already failed us; why would anyone believe that the Education Industry can now fix it, especially without the help of the smarter folk?
Commented: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 1:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Common core is likely the smallest contributor to the problem. Clearly good instruction offers a variety of teaching tactics and approaches. Example - I'm not a phonics guy, but for some kids, it works. There is no one size fits all.
Commented: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 1:28 pm
By: Big Bob
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Common core has dumbed Americans down on math abilities. It has been a cancer in our schools for over a decade, and we need to get rid of this garbage. It is the school board that makes the decision on what our local curriculum will be, and the majority of our current school board clearly do not take that responsiblity seriously. THey just rubberstamp for the liberal superintendant. We need a new school board and we need one badly.
Commented: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 11:44 am
By: John Steed
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Big Bob: One can start by taking away the TikTok in a very permanent manner.
Commented: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 10:49 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Considering most Americans couldn't pass freshman algebra, I'm not sure the old ways are working all that well. Unfortunately mathematics requires the ability to memorize certain things. The tic toc generation can barely tie their shoes. IDK, maybe offering an alternative method would help some kids.
Commented: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 10:41 am
By: Big Bob
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I just read the instructions for these math problems, and if I could revert back a few decades during my formative years, I learned to read carefully the instructions to the problem, then answer the problem completely, and then check my process to make sure I did it right.
Now consider this: What are we to think when the person writing the the instructions to the problem is an idiot? We citizens, we county commissioners elected by citizens, better keep a tight grip on all school boards, their administrations, their teachers, and their new age curriculums until WE can turn around this failing education system ... Because it is an unquestionable fact that it is failing.
Commented: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 9:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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We have a rigged and rotten system for adopting curricula in the Beaufort County Schools, controlled by the top bureaucrat, the superintendant. Cheeseman appoints a committee of people he selects to recommend a curriculum. They send only one option to the school board to be rubberstamped. The school baard members are clearly not even shown the curriculum, just told about it, and what is told is often just plain wrong, like the Curriculum director claiming Bridges was not common core. Parents and taxpayers should not tolerate this sham.
Commented: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 8:44 am
By: Conservative Voter
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Way back when I was in school memory work was a part of education from the earliest age. Memorizing poem and other things and having to recite them back. Also memorizing the times table. I have to wonder with all the new ways and lack of training the brain and memory are those in charge saying the children now a days are not smart enough to memorize things.
Commented: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 8:37 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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We are screwed.
Commented: Wednesday, October 4th, 2023 @ 11:43 pm
By: Gary Ceres
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#3 Pick one fact from above and write it here: THIS IS THE DUMBEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN. HOW DO YOU EXPECT KIDS TO LEARN MATH LIKE THIS? Fact..
Commented: Wednesday, October 4th, 2023 @ 2:17 pm
By: Tandy Oliver Dunn
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If you are a Christian, conservative with an interest in teaching our children correct principles and a good basic education, please sign up to run for the Beaufort County School Board. For help and support contact Adam Oneal 252-943-5939 for details on how to register to run.
Commented: Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023 @ 10:55 am
By: Buzz Cayton
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North Carolina law requires schools to have students memorize the multiplication tables, as math has been taught for centuries, and which works. Is that being done? If so, students will learn math. Why confuse them with this wacky garbage? And why does a school board that is supposed to represent the citizens approve such stupid garbage, paid for with our tax dollars. Yes, we need a fruitbasket turnover of the 5 school board members next up for election.
Commented: Monday, October 2nd, 2023 @ 7:59 pm
By: Conservative Voter
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This is common core math, and it is a good example of why parents have been fighting against common core math since its inception. It is why high school grads in local businesses these days have trouble making change.
Beaufort County Schools curriculum director told the school board with a straight face that the Bridges curriculum "is not common core math" but after several people looked at Bridges website which clearly siad their curriculum "aligns with common core math" he had to backtrack and admit it was common core. The robots who dance on Superintendant Cheeseman's puppet strings all voted for this bad curriculum in spite of that. Bridges is also full of "woke" CRT and DEI. We need a change of ALL school board seats up for election in 2024.
Commented: Monday, October 2nd, 2023 @ 6:45 pm
By: John Steed
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