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My kid (4th grade) has been struggling in math. It’s been an ongoing issue
This whole year, she has struggled with multiplication and division specifically. It’s been a constant issue, and it got even worse when they moved on to multiplying and dividing with multiple digits. We’ve tried the school’s tutoring, but overall she’s just not getting it.
She doesn’t get the method they are teaching ( she gets it wrong like 80% of the time). It isn’t easier and it’s just more steps. Example multiplying… you break up the numbers, draw boxes, then multiply and finally add them all up.
I decided to teach her the way I learned, and she understands it. Homework is a million times easier now because she can actually solve the questions.
The issue is that my daughter had a math test last week, and she came home upset. She got a 50% even though she got most of the answer right. She missed two out of 25. So it should have been a 92%.
I had a conversation with the teacher and it boiled down to she didn’t use the method show in class. I pointed out the test just said to show their work and not show a specific method. The teacher basically went too bad and that if it happens again it will be a 0.
I was fed up and went to the principal. I’ll admit I made it a big deal, because I think it’s ridiculous that she got penalized for getting the right answers using a different method. It’s math… you can solve problems in a lot of different ways.
The teacher was brought in, she was forced to changed my daughter’s score, and they said it won’t happen again. She can find the right answer any way she wants to as long as she shows her work.
The teacher was not happy.
My wife thinks I was being an ass and keeps bringing it up. She says the teacher has other things to deal with and that I went overboard.
Did I?
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This whole year, she has struggled with multiplication and division specifically. It’s been a constant issue, and it got even worse when they moved on to multiplying and dividing with multiple digits. We’ve tried the school’s tutoring, but overall she’s just not getting it.
She doesn’t get the method they are teaching ( she gets it wrong like 80% of the time). It isn’t easier and it’s just more steps. Example multiplying… you break up the numbers, draw boxes, then multiply and finally add them all up.
I decided to teach her the way I learned, and she understands it. Homework is a million times easier now because she can actually solve the questions.
The issue is that my daughter had a math test last week, and she came home upset. She got a 50% even though she got most of the answer right. She missed two out of 25. So it should have been a 92%.
I had a conversation with the teacher and it boiled down to she didn’t use the method show in class. I pointed out the test just said to show their work and not show a specific method. The teacher basically went too bad and that if it happens again it will be a 0.
I was fed up and went to the principal. I’ll admit I made it a big deal, because I think it’s ridiculous that she got penalized for getting the right answers using a different method. It’s math… you can solve problems in a lot of different ways.
The teacher was brought in, she was forced to changed my daughter’s score, and they said it won’t happen again. She can find the right answer any way she wants to as long as she shows her work.
The teacher was not happy.
My wife thinks I was being an ass and keeps bringing it up. She says the teacher has other things to deal with and that I went overboard.
Did I?
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