Now that she's finally into traditional "college" mathematics, the repetition is virtually nonexistent, and she is rediscovering a passionate love for the subject.

I don't consider that a coincidence at all. But I do consider it to be rather ominous for other kids like her. Common Core (from what I've seen of the curricula designed around it, which, as noted elsewhere, has been limited to the middle grades and early high school math) doesn't seem to have fixed this underlying problem of relying upon extensive spiraling for efficacy.


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.