Completely unsurprising. (Former?) Math nerd and common core hater here; having watched myself and other kids go through all of this; beyond EARLY algebra, maybe earlier we literally should not teach any math that doesn't have an immediate and obvious use to children.
(My biggest pet peeve is how Common Core teaches fun -- but unnecessary for learning -- math nerd tricks. I LOVE math nerd tricks, but they should be discovered independently and entirely optional)
Now, the silver lining here is; we have a thing that does hit a lot of advanced high-school math easily. Just let them kids learn video game programming and be done with it.
(My biggest pet peeve is how Common Core teaches fun -- but unnecessary for learning -- math nerd tricks. I LOVE math nerd tricks, but they should be discovered independently and entirely optional)
Now, the silver lining here is; we have a thing that does hit a lot of advanced high-school math easily. Just let them kids learn video game programming and be done with it.