>>11260659>they forgot to state that the pizzas are the same sizeAnd this is the real issue with common core: teachers, and most parents, are brainlets.
My grandmother was a superintendent of a school system and used to talk about how dumb the average teacher was, how much work they had to do to build teacher confidence, how hard it was to convince them they need to spend time to deeply understand the material they were assigned to teach.
The fact is the highest-achieving students always go on to become scientists, university professors, CEOs, engineers, lawyers, surgeons, etc.
A top student who actually understands math has a choice between a rewarding NASA R&D job paying $200k starting and a thankless, ultra-difficult job dealing with kids paying $45k.
