Thanks for your perspective as a former maths teacher. Agree it’s a complex issue.
I remember at school, loving maths, and thinking that the kids (many of them my friends who were smart otherwise) that said they did not get it, had somehow skipped understanding a crucial concept which blocked them going forward in the subject. I observe, even today, that people either believe they “get” maths or they don’t, and it’s that belief which will determine whether they ultimately do or not. I think there is definitely an emotional component to learning.
... but the way I'm reading it, Rob's post and Prop G it's not demanding anyone take Algebra, but just allowing it to be offered to the students who want it?
Great post, and thanks for all the work you did, Rob! We were so lucky our son was two years ahead of this nonsense... He did go to SFUSD elementary and middle schools, loving but low-performing atmospheres academically, and had a lot of fun, learned fluent Spanish, played soccer, got to take advantage of some of the few remaining "accelerated" classes, took ALGEBRA -- and got a perfect math SAT score. Those were the days. He's still irritated with us that he wasn't given opportunities to excel further at math, or learn coding as a kid, but in a way, he made up for lost time and is working math-related jobs today. He did not get his abilities from me -- I still struggle with the sums on grocery receipts -- he got it at school. (Although I should give his dad some credit lol.) But yes, canceling the path to Calculus (and good jobs) because it's not for absolutely everyone is ridiculous and a race-to-the-bottom mentality.
Thank you, Ayn! It is good your son, like my oldest daughter, graduated before the acceleration of the Great Decline. Perfect math SAT is impressive! I see that Dartmouth and Princeton are now going back to requiring SATs. Good. My youngest got through a "loving but low-performing" middle school mostly due to a particularly excellent theater teacher. Let's hope sanity prevails tomorrow! Vote Yes on G!
Yep Rob, just like the COVID operation, where the wheels of justice are slowly turning in our favor, but nor before millions of people were harmed & billions, if not trillions, of dollars were shifted upward.
Too bad the public school system use good ppl for their indocrination for grant funding scientism which is psuedo science for their Epi De Eugenics depopulation agenda UN Agenda 2030 , the predator class death cult want the masses to cull themselves and they are pushing Communism
the predator class socially engineer the masses for their agenda and use mind control for that as something good, they are the deceivers and the masses are the decieved unfortunately , they also use conquer and divide tactics of mind control through the politricksters , propaganda through the Council on Foreign Relation Mainstream propoganda machine, early indocrinatin for communism, notice the Communist country influx of socially engineered transplants from these countries are no coincedence
Thanks for your perspective as a former maths teacher. Agree it’s a complex issue.
I remember at school, loving maths, and thinking that the kids (many of them my friends who were smart otherwise) that said they did not get it, had somehow skipped understanding a crucial concept which blocked them going forward in the subject. I observe, even today, that people either believe they “get” maths or they don’t, and it’s that belief which will determine whether they ultimately do or not. I think there is definitely an emotional component to learning.
... but the way I'm reading it, Rob's post and Prop G it's not demanding anyone take Algebra, but just allowing it to be offered to the students who want it?
Yes, that's right. It is not imposed.
Omg. Glad we left! Good on you for taking on the madness. And winning!
*ultimately winning, 9 years later... :)
Wow that is a long haul
Nice pledge. Creative
Yeah I liked that too.
Great post, and thanks for all the work you did, Rob! We were so lucky our son was two years ahead of this nonsense... He did go to SFUSD elementary and middle schools, loving but low-performing atmospheres academically, and had a lot of fun, learned fluent Spanish, played soccer, got to take advantage of some of the few remaining "accelerated" classes, took ALGEBRA -- and got a perfect math SAT score. Those were the days. He's still irritated with us that he wasn't given opportunities to excel further at math, or learn coding as a kid, but in a way, he made up for lost time and is working math-related jobs today. He did not get his abilities from me -- I still struggle with the sums on grocery receipts -- he got it at school. (Although I should give his dad some credit lol.) But yes, canceling the path to Calculus (and good jobs) because it's not for absolutely everyone is ridiculous and a race-to-the-bottom mentality.
Your son is amazing!
Thank you, Ayn! It is good your son, like my oldest daughter, graduated before the acceleration of the Great Decline. Perfect math SAT is impressive! I see that Dartmouth and Princeton are now going back to requiring SATs. Good. My youngest got through a "loving but low-performing" middle school mostly due to a particularly excellent theater teacher. Let's hope sanity prevails tomorrow! Vote Yes on G!
Nice piece Rob! Good to see a little sanity returning to Insane Francisco re-posted by the Sane Franciscan.
Let's keep chipping away...
Thank you, Doug! It's amazing how long things can take sometimes.
Yep Rob, just like the COVID operation, where the wheels of justice are slowly turning in our favor, but nor before millions of people were harmed & billions, if not trillions, of dollars were shifted upward.
Too bad the public school system use good ppl for their indocrination for grant funding scientism which is psuedo science for their Epi De Eugenics depopulation agenda UN Agenda 2030 , the predator class death cult want the masses to cull themselves and they are pushing Communism
the predator class socially engineer the masses for their agenda and use mind control for that as something good, they are the deceivers and the masses are the decieved unfortunately , they also use conquer and divide tactics of mind control through the politricksters , propaganda through the Council on Foreign Relation Mainstream propoganda machine, early indocrinatin for communism, notice the Communist country influx of socially engineered transplants from these countries are no coincedence