Full speed ahead on our way to Idiocracy.
The math curriculum in Ontario has been f'd for quite a while. They used to go through step by step and build on the existing, but now bounce around from topic to topic and then come back. At least that's what my kids' tutor told me. Anyone at a school that followed the curriculum closely had a tutor, and some went so far as to take math at private school during the summer.
There was a case in the USA where some town passed a resolution that some residents didn't like. The disgruntled residents circulated a petition to review the matter and the resolution after much legal expense was upheld. The town sent the bill, pro rated, to the signers of the petition to the tune of several thousand dollars each.Full speed ahead on our way to Idiocracy.
Those damn racist Arabs making it hard for teachers in Ontario to pass 3rd grade math tests, it's a 5000yr old conspiracy I tell ya.well we're using Arabic numerals