Well I was absolutely stunned when I read this.
Originally Posted by KADmom
... He took 7/8 compacted math in 7th last year, ... Last year, for instance, was the first time he was introduced to the concept of negative numbers in any real meaningful way and it nearly did him in. Not one person had shown him a number line in teaching him negative number equations. ...
Our children have never been to B&M school, so I just hear about these things indirectly.