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Old 12-24-2007, 09:18 AM   #18
LunasMomma
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I tell that to my 5th graders also, because it is embarrassing when they do the wrong method
and/or get the wrong answer and they tell me, "But that is what my daddy showed me."
I think that's the best policy, unless of course a parent is a math teacher Her reason was that math terminology has changed so much over the last 20 years or so, we would just confuse them and it would frustrate all of us. I love her teacher, she's SO smart and funny
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