I'm failing 1st grade math

[Great-Kazoo]

3 - 10 is -7
If you have 3 dollars and take away 10 dollars you are negative 7 dollars
No wonder the teachers are complaining about not being paid enough and they are broke. Since this is probably the way they balance their check book.

They don't ever balance their check books. They use their credit, or debit card to cover the checks written.
Hence their undying support of any democrat running for office. Why balance their check book, when mother .guv will pay it for them.


With our money.

[encorehunter]

I have sent one paper back before asking for clarification on another problem he missed. She didn't bother to respond. Parents are not allowed in the school still. It is difficult to deal with this over the phone. I agree, I thought 3-10=-7. I am wondering if we are the only ones who actually check our kids homework after the teacher checks it.

[Bailey Guns]

To be honest, do people still balance check books?

I haven't done that since online banking became a thing. I know what I have and I know what I spend. Every morning I review my account just to make sure all is right with previous days charges/debits/deposits. If all is well, I'm good.

[Eric P]

To be honest, do people still balance check books?

I haven't done that since online banking became a thing. I know what I have and I know what I spend. Every morning I review my account just to make sure all is right with previous days charges/debits/deposits. If all is well, I'm good.

Yep.. this.

I laugh at a co-worker with 2 inch thick wallet full of receipts.

[Gman]

I haven't balanced my checkbook in decades. I use the register to simply track the few checks I write. We do pretty much everything online.

[Gman]

In regard to the sloppy math instruction, I have to wonder if the 'new math' is an intentional distortion to keep people dependent on what other people tell them is the answer to *fill in the blank*. Instead of doing the math to be able to understand what "the science" actually means, listen to what the media tells you to conclude about *insert agenda item here*.

[Aloha_Shooter]

I'd take that answer sheet, slip it to the principal and ask HTH his staff passed basic instruction skills, that you were going to contact the school board and demand every teacher be able to demonstrate basic reading, writing, and arithmetic tests from a 1960s-era primer.

[ray1970]

I'd take that answer sheet, slip it to the principal and ask HTH his staff passed basic instruction skills, that you were going to contact the school board and demand every teacher be able to demonstrate basic reading, writing, and arithmetic tests from a 1960s-era primer.

Nah. I?d just duplicate the problem without any ?corrections? and send it to the principal to solve. If he comes back with a normal, correct answer then tell him he is wrong. If he wants to debate then point him in the direction of the teacher so that he/she can explain it to the principal why his answer was wrong.

[Bailey Guns]

^^ But what if the principal solves it using the new math method?

[ray1970]

^^ But what if the principal solves it using the new math method?

Well, I suppose I don?t have a contingency plan in place for that scenario.

Home schooling maybe?