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Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
Wed Dec 17, 2014, 12:53 AM Dec 2014

Video: Jeopardy Names a Category "Non-Common Core Math."

I guess a fitting tribute to the "2+2=3" era of bipartisan corporate $chool "reform."

From Mercedes Schneider's Blog:

>>>Video: Jeopardy Names a Category “Non-Common-Core Math”
December 16, 2014
In its kids version, the game show Jeopardy makes fun of Common Core math via its category name of mental math problems as captured in this one-minute video clip:




“Non-Common-Core Math” is too straightforward for the nonsense that is now widely recognized as “Common Core math.” Now, if the answer involved Alex Trebecq moving sticky notes and engaging in philosophical discussions of The Meaning of Math–and if the prepackaged math materials were riddled with errors– that would be “Common Core math.”

As it is, this “Non-Common-Core Math” is a bit much on the featured contestant. It must be… dare I write… rigorous?>>>
https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2014/12/16/video-jeopardy-names-a-category-common-core-math/

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Video: Jeopardy Names a Category "Non-Common Core Math." (Original Post) Smarmie Doofus Dec 2014 OP
Poor kiddie, I had no trouble beating the clock Warpy Dec 2014 #1
I was able to answer all before stop clock and I was never that good at math lunasun Dec 2014 #2

Warpy

(111,175 posts)
1. Poor kiddie, I had no trouble beating the clock
Wed Dec 17, 2014, 02:46 AM
Dec 2014

which is why I was the dateless darling of my hillbilly high school. Sniff.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
2. I was able to answer all before stop clock and I was never that good at math
Thu Dec 18, 2014, 12:36 AM
Dec 2014

Poor kids 2 were speechless or stunned by simple questions I guess
no time for lattices or guesstimating like with CC.....

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