today we failed 4th grade math even though we got all the right answers...

my 4th grade son brought home a math worksheet that was all about multiplying a whole number by a fraction. There were 4 steps involved that included breaking the fraction apart into its own math problem and adding some parentheses, then multiplying the resulting numbers and dividing by the denominator. By the time he was done he had a full line of numbers, a ribbon diagram and 6 out of 6 wrong answers....

I couldn't figure out how he was supposed to do it so I showed him how I would do it. Multiply the numerators and the denominators and there is your answer. He said, "wow that was really easy and makes way more sense". I told him to write a note to his teacher that explained why he did it the way he did. Needless to say I'm pretty sure he will flunk this one.

WTF? no wonder kids are are so stupid these days...




and you'll notice that they don't grade on spelling or penmanship anymore