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In reply to the discussion: My Daughter's First Grade Homework. [View all]Johonny
(20,815 posts)6. Isn't the problem giving a first grader homework to begin with?
On what planet does a first grader need homework. As the one poster said maybe that's what they were told to do in class. That's a fine answer except what teacher would expect a child to remember verbal instructions like that to a first grader. More to the point the child showed an actually higher concept of learning by answering the way she did. Once again what is wrong with this country and the insane amount of homework they give kids these days? I don't get it.
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The teacher did not say the answer was wrong, but there was no "proof" provided.
Fred Sanders
Feb 2015
#15
Different people learn addition/subtraction/multiplication/division in different ways
uppityperson
Feb 2015
#34
I always thought that simple arithmetic involved the digits: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0.
hobbit709
Feb 2015
#16
I learned math by using numerals not little circles. Of course that was back in the early 50's.
hobbit709
Feb 2015
#19
If the teacher wanted an answer in cirlces, then the problem should have said so.
LisaL
Feb 2015
#20