And the tears came. Poor daughter of mine. Today’s math work was dividing decimals. Something she’s done a hundred times before. Certainly a task much easier than some of her more recent math assignments—solving long lines of x and y problems, multiplied by square roots and divided by more of the same. “What’s wrong, sweetie?” “It just doesn’t make sense to me.” Sniffle. “What doesn’t make sense to you? How to move the decimals?” “No.” “Then why doesn’t it make sense?” “It just doesn’t.” As Read More