This is encouraged in ‘new math’! Kids are explicitly taught and validated in using these compensation strategies instead of feeling like they are doing something wrong.
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Actually, no. One of the core goals of the US Common Core math standards is to make explicit this type of compensation strategy. One of the main ones emphasized for addition/subtraction is ‘taking from/completing a ten’ but there is a lot of work to help kids internalize these kinds of doubles strategies!
Doesn’t matter. The meme specifies ‘someone, usually a teacher’ scolding them. If the teacher is teaching math since 2011 (i.e. today) they should recognize and encourage this strategy.
Please improve your reading comprehension before trying to be a smug scold.