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A parent whose child goes to a high school in the Wake County Public School System has been sued after criticizing the math curriculum used in the district.
Utah-based "Mathematics Vision Project" or "MVP," filed a lawsuit against Blain Dillard, whose son attends Green Hope High in Cary.
Dillard has been vocal about his opposition to the MVP curriculum, which is student-driven and focuses on group work, posting on his website, blog and social media.
The lawsuit obtained by ABC11 said, "In or around March 2019, Dillard commenced a crusade against MVP, claiming that MVP is ineffective and has harmed many students."
It alleges that some of Dillard's statements were false and defamatory and harmed the company financially.
https://abc11.com/education/wake-schools-parent-sued-after-criticizing-math-curriculum/5430840/
(Score: 1) by Acabatag on Saturday August 10 2019, @12:24PM (6 children)
You don't already have your phone in your hand before you were told the prices? There should be a calculator 'app' on that phone you can quickly use.
(Score: 2) by Nuke on Saturday August 10 2019, @02:11PM
I know phones have calculator apps. I was refering to the need to pull out a device to do the calculation without listing every possible device that could do it; my point stands. And no, I don't hold a phone continuously in my clammy hand.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Saturday August 10 2019, @07:16PM (2 children)
Why would I pull out my phone? I was taught to do mental arithmetic. I didn't forget it just because someone invented a mobile phone.
That is one of the problems today - if you can't go shopping without a phone to use as your calculator, then someone should have taught maths to you more effectively than they apparently did.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 10 2019, @08:26PM (1 child)
It's becoming increasingly unnecessary, anyway, because many stores write the price-per-ounce right on the price tags.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 10 2019, @10:47PM
Yeah. If it's like the supermarket here, one comparable product will have price per hundredcount and the other one price per liter.
(Score: 2) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Sunday August 11 2019, @01:20AM
:) I'm assuming the sarcasm tag...
But then I'd have to do some mental arithmetic to do an order of magnitude check on the calculator, and for such a simple problem why not just skip to a full calculation - in which case why bother with the phone in the first place?
It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.
(Score: 2) by toddestan on Sunday August 11 2019, @03:02AM
Even if you're going to use a calculator, it's still a good to have a feel for what the answer should be. I've seen too many people who will do something like fat-finger the X button, and come up with something like 9 X 6 = 15, and have no idea they make a mistake.