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Subtracting simple numbers should be easy enough. but not according to some parents who are fed up with the common core strategy. one of those parents, second graders father, got so frustrated, he did something very unique. joining us from north carolina is jeff receiver. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> i understand your second grade son who is pretty good at math was really frustrated by this common core assignment, wasnt he? >> yes. he was a math test, yeah. >> what was he having trou...

A little person. im in a mask, so you cant necessarily see my face. if you put inible in a mask or behind something like that, youre going to feel youre losing your identity. >> i think you used the word problem, actually. >> exactly. so anybody is going to feel that way. this is not necessarily just miley. look at -- >> you dont necessarily blame miley. its not about you tearing her down. >> no, exacti. its a call to action like little people need to stop being seen as just jokes, in my opinion...

And 6 and your answer is 11 which is completely mind boggling because i dont even pay my bills that way. which i would like to. >> even trying to process it lets put a word problem up on the screen get a sense of what your daughter is dealing with stretch your thinking. draws four ten sticks in less than 10 circles to make a number. write the number that telly could make. caption says is there a common core translator in the house? this is my 6-year-olds homework. that was your tweet. do we know...

Team didnt get the victory. that is like a word problem at home. figure out why and we will tell you the answer when we come back. >> does daylight-savings time have you a little sluggish. we will have more right outside. rl [ male announcer ] what?! investors could lose tens of thousands of dollars in hidden fees on their 401(k)s?! go to e-trade and roll over your old 401(k)s to a new e-trade retirement account. none of them charge annual fees and all of them offer low cost investments. e-trade...

We have been throwing money at education for so long. teachers increased, salaries increased and grades have stayed the same. >> is that a word problem? >> thats the thing. there are two schools of thoughts on how to solve this problem. give the unions less power and tbif students and families more choice. and the other is give the schools maury sources. we have been trying this approach for 20 years. maybe it is time to change course here. it was clear that the president is to the looking for c...

Days. david lee miller is here live with the latest, and david, first of all, do we know how serious this blood clot is? >> at this point that is not entirely clear. officials have not released specific information about the location of the clot. medical experts who have not treated hillary clinton say it is probably and i under score that word problem below in her leg. a blood clot in the brain or lungs is considered much more dangerous. a statement from the state department says she is being t...

>> the blood thirsty aliens then sucked the blood of 828 teachers and left them for dead. shocking. >> parents are shocked over these math problems that were sent home with 3rd graders at the trinidad center city public charter school. here is one about cooking african-americans, americans and indians. >> she put the people equally into nine enormous ovens to bake. how many desperate people were in each oven? its the holocaust. its too horrific to even think about. >> bill: all right, gutfeld. h...

Go. >> the blood thirsty aliens then sucked the blood of 828 teachers and left them for dead. shocking. >> parents are shocked over these math problems that were sent home with 3rd graders at the trinidad center city public charter school. here is one about cooking african-americans, americans and indians. >> she put the people equally into nine enormous ovens to bake. how many desperate people were in each oven? its the holocaust. its too horrific to even think about. >> bill: all right, gutfel...

Go. >> the blood thirsty aliens then sucked the blood of 828 teachers and left them for dead. shocking. >> parents are shocked over these math problems that were sent home with 3rd graders at the trinidad center city public charter school. here is one about cooking african-americans, americans and indians. >> she put the people equally into nine enormous ovens to bake. how many desperate people were in each oven? its the holocaust. its too horrific to even think about. >> bill: all right, gutfel...

>> alexandria, virginia putting things in recycling bins and paying an extra $9 and you have to sleep with the garbage man. >> must have read into it. >> andrea, you said it angers you to no end, but the target recycling rate is 35%. its current rate is 29%. they are 6% short. with the tracking bins they expect a 2% increase. >> it is a word problem. >> you have to love government. >> they are encouraging you to make more trash. thats the problem. >> whats the problem? >> they are trying to enco...