@newt @heyokyay
It's called the common core, and I said "look it up" for a reason.

It is truly evil way US schools agreed to use to teach kids math. It is THE oldest symptom of total failure of US education. US math is in fact so bad, it became an international meme over 10 years ago. (20 years after US started to unify education standards)

And if you need another proof of how bad it is, Bill Gates was pushing for it hard.