I got into a math teacher with it on fb over this one.
I broke it down for her the way a logical person would read it and then how a logical person would read the answer (5-2=3+8=11+3=14) and the conversation ended with her telling me that I wouldn't hate math so much if I were taught the common core way initially and the "old way" of doing things is why so many people are bad at or don't like math.
What the actual fuck? Are the people creating the Common Core syllabus specializing in absolute *insert expletive here because I feel I'm using too many lately*?? What kind of moronic question is this?! This makes me so angry, because it's so stupid!
...I'm so glad we don't have this kind of crap down here. I'd have lost my mind otherwise!
And anyway, why does the teacher get to decide that you have to add 8+2 instead of 5+5? Arghhh, this is so frustratingly maddening!