Old is gold ☠️🏆 But I'm old. Learned the old way and for many years used the old way. My wife taught the old and new school method. Here's the difference. > The old way was and is fast and efficient. > The new school method helps children have a deep understanding of what number placement really means and how it matters in solving operations. > Kids don't have to do those steps forever, but it is very valuable in the learning process. Stand in a 4th grade classroom and have students explain all these "new" multi step procedures and you'll see exactly what they comprehend and what they don't. It's a deeper understanding than just computing. It isn't the waste of time we might think it is. Sure that in the second the boxes are drawn you got the answers. But that’s not the point.