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What curriculum doesn't teach you about negative numbers until the 7th grade??

• kweinber 7y ago
  After reading the article, I thought this comment may have been the funniest possible first post.
• deleted 7y ago
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• coldtea 7y ago
  He mentions coming from a small 750-strong or something poor town? Perhaps that curriculum?
  • frosted-flakes 7y ago
    Isn't the curriculum set by the state?
    • reportgunner 7y ago
      It might have not been 40-50 years ago.
    • HarryHirsch 7y ago
      Wikipedia has an article about the former principal of Randolph County High School in Alabama: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulond_Humphries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulond_Humphries There were tensions over interracial prom dates, then the school burnt down (it was unclear whether the Panthers or the Klan was to blame, but the smart money is on the Klan), there was something of a consent decree, and the principal was promoted to superintendent. There are large tracts in the country that are so backwards that they cannot be improved, also because anyone capable left generations ago.
    • coldtea 7y ago
      Are all schoolrooms able to absorb / taught the same state mandated curriculum though? I can imagine tons of things being skipped in more "poor/inner city" like classrooms, compared to things taught to middle class kids... (I can also imagine jaded teachers, huge commotion from the kids, etc preventing fully covering things). Not sure, so just saying...
• kmpsn 7y ago
  Seems only a grade off - http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/6/NS/C/5/ http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/6/NS/C/5/