Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Does spiral equal spin?

Here's a thought : As I was sorting and paper clipping together first grade Everyday Math worksheets, I realized that some of the sheets looked vaguely familiar. Like the "measuring in cms" and "addition review". Didn't I just see measuring in cm's? That awful termite in 3rd grade? When it hit me. Oh my gosh, what if "spiraling" through is code for SPIN. As in, "we can use the same little bits over and over for every grade- no new material needed, we can use the same stuff! savings! efficiency!" And we can spin it as "spiraling through"- Looky Looky! Marketing! Value added! (Get it? spiral? spin?- haha very funny EM mad publishing marketers)

Yeah, it is an odious thought.

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