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I make a living teaching math to middle-schoolers, most often against their will. The job is rewarding and purposeful, sure, but my next favorite part is the praise and attention I receive upon telling others about my apparently very noble calling. “Wow, God bless you guys. I could never do that. Math? Good for you. Here’s your medal. And some cash.” If only.
Next, I’m often asked about common core and new-age math. I’m told math used to be easier in the good old days, that these fancy new diagrams are no way to learn basic calculations. Some days, I think they’re right, but my experience as an educator has taught me otherwise.
Times tables and long divisions are romanticized by those who grew up with them. As parents assist their kids with online work, new ways of imagining math problems in the modern curricula have been introduced to those who hold that nostalgia for old-school brute force mathematics. It seems to have angered them. “Why are they making basic math so confusing? What happened to good old-fashioned memorization? What happened to those ruler-wielding nuns?”
I feel their pain. However, I think both camps might be wrong here. Math should expand critical thinking and frame one’s view of all subjects. Yet schools’ emphasis on precise calculations and correct answers hampers this pursuit of a more idealistic and abstract form of math. The arrival at a final answer is too often the focus and too often leads to cheating. Math is about the journey, not the destination.
This journey could use some variety and collaboration. I witness science teachers collaborate with English teachers to write persuasive essays about global warming. I see social studies teachers trade ideas with art teachers on how to blend their curricula. Us math nerds tend to get left out. Yes, there is plenty of math to use in science class, but time is tight in math class and curricula are rigid. I think it’s about time we loosen this up.
Admittedly, this is a leap of faith. Replacing a lesson on calculating the volume of a pyramid with a discussion […]
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Will America-First News Outlets Make it to 2023?
Things are looking grim for conservative and populist news sites.
There’s something happening behind the scenes at several popular conservative news outlets. 2021 was bad, but 2022 is proving to be disastrous for news sites that aren’t “playing ball” with the corporate media narrative. It’s being said that advertisers are cracking down, forcing some of the biggest ad networks like Google and Yahoo to pull their inventory from conservative outlets. This has had two major effects. First, it has cooled most conservative outlets from discussing “taboo” topics like Pandemic Panic Theater, voter fraud, or The Great Reset. Second, it has isolated those ad networks that aren’t playing ball.
Certain topics are anathema for most ad networks. Speaking out against vaccines or vaccine mandates is a certain path to being demonetized. Highlighting voter fraud in the 2020 and future elections is another instant advertising death penalty. Throw in truthful stories about climate change hysteria, Critical Race Theory, and the border crisis and it’s easy to understand how difficult it is for America-First news outlets to spread the facts, share conservative opinions, and still pay the bills.
Without naming names, I have been told of several news outlets who have been forced to either consolidate with larger organizations or who have backed down on covering certain topics out of fear of being “canceled” by the ad networks. I get it. This is a business for many of us and it’s not very profitable. Those of us who do this for a living are often barely squeaking by, so loss of additional revenue can often mean being forced to make cuts. That means not being able to cover the topics properly. Its a Catch-22: Tell the truth and lose the money necessary to keep telling the truth, or avoid the truth and make enough money to survive. Those who have chosen survival simply aren’t able to spread the truth properly.
We will never avoid the truth. The Lord will provide if it is His will. Our job is simply to share the facts, spread the Gospel, and educate as many Americans as possible while exposing the forces of evil.
To those who have the means, we ask that you please donate. We have options available now, but there is no telling when those options will cancel us. We have our GivingFuel page. There have been many who have been canceled by PayPal, but for now it’s still an option. Your generosity is what keeps these sites running and allows us to get the truth to the masses. We’ve had great success in growing but we know we can do more with your assistance.
Thank you, and God Bless!
JD Rucker