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Angry parent targets school deficiencies, fights back.(QuickQuotes)(Brief article)

The New American

| December 11, 2006 | McManus, John F. | COPYRIGHT 2006 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

"When my oldest child, an A+ stellar student, was in sixth grade, I realized he had no idea at all how to do long division. So I went to school and talked to the teacher who said, 'We don't teach long division; it stifles their creativity.'"

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