Question: Evaluate the expression 
These submissions come from Julie, who posted about this stuff on her blog:
What happened? First, I HATE PEMDAS AND ANYONE WHO USES IT. This starts early, and students are already brainwashed by 6th grade when I get them. All of the GEMS in the world can’t seem to fix this. I hate PEMDAS because students see parenthesis and go into “I must do that first” mode, even when there is only ONE number inside the parenthesis. Just because it is in parenthesis, one number, for example (2), does NOT a group make.
Discuss her evaluation of the problem, and her next steps, either in the comments or at her place.