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FourScore

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47. IF YOU DON'T READ ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS THREAD, PLEASE READ THIS
Sat Apr 5, 2014, 04:19 PM
Apr 2014

To a large degree, those standards are NOT age-appropriate.

My daughter is in the 7th grade -- a straight A student. She has won multiple writing contests, and English is her favorite subject. Thanks to the "rigor" of Common Core, she has a B- or C+ this year, and hates English now. I don't know of a single child in her class making an A in English, and only a couple of them are in the B range. The reading material provided is NOT age appropriate; it is dark and sad. Here's an example:

http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/dunnweb/rprnts.omelas.pdf

The students were then given the assignment to write a paper using quotes from the story to substantiate their position. They had to take a position on "being an active participant" in the abuse of the child of Omelas, a "willing" participant (one who is not actively abusing, but still reaps the benefits), a protester (one who disagrees with the abuse and refuses the benefits), or one who fights to free the child from abuse. The stance the student took would also need to be compared to life in our society and how we (as a society) view child labor and sweat shops. They were given reading material on fruit farms and sweat shops and had to draw comparisons from that. The kids in the classroom range between 12-13 years old. That's only one example.

My 6th grader was given a book that was age appropriate, but also read Rudyard Kipling's poem "If". Then he was given the assignment to write a comparison contrast paper on them. He's 11. (I think I wrote my first comp-con paper in the 10th grade.)

It's too much!

The math curriculum isn't much better. Common Core was not written by educators. Let's be clear. It's a money machine and they are laughing all the way to the bank while kids are being harmed.

We wil never be able to make public education sing Agony Apr 2014 #1
This is true. Education is an ECONOMIC issue (not just profitmaking for corprats) n/t Triana Apr 2014 #5
Well, we all know that is never going to happen. nt femmocrat Apr 2014 #40
And rid ourselves of that pond scum called Republicans nt Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #58
All too frequently, chervilant Apr 2014 #2
The Answer Is No ProfessorGAC Apr 2014 #7
And... chervilant Apr 2014 #73
He should have asked to correct any quotes. Igel Apr 2014 #20
Too few 'professionals' are eloquent speakers. n/t chervilant Apr 2014 #72
Business Profiteers making Educational and Education Psychological and Sociological Decisions DhhD Apr 2014 #3
I know top notch professors/department heads that have taken early RKP5637 Apr 2014 #4
+1,000 malaise Apr 2014 #9
Thanks!!! I have it saved to watch later! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2014 #11
Common Core Standards are being attacked by the rightwing. Warren Stupidity Apr 2014 #6
Was This The Environment When You Were In School? ProfessorGAC Apr 2014 #8
God, I had to switch from Old Math to New Math in 4th grade... malthaussen Apr 2014 #12
In Old Math and New Math, one used the memorized multiplication tables. Core is DhhD Apr 2014 #23
Same here! snot Apr 2014 #24
Standardized testing "by the state" Warren Stupidity Apr 2014 #13
SAT was optional, and not used to evaluate teachers. malthaussen Apr 2014 #26
SAT was just one example. Warren Stupidity Apr 2014 #36
We use the ACT in Michigan. knitter4democracy Apr 2014 #54
Glad I didn't live in your state. malthaussen Apr 2014 #38
No. First Standardized Test i Ever Took Was SAT ProfessorGAC Apr 2014 #61
EASA 1965 required standardized testing Warren Stupidity Apr 2014 #62
I Went To A Private School ProfessorGAC Apr 2014 #74
Oh well of course you forgot to mention that in your dishonest rebuttal. Warren Stupidity Apr 2014 #75
the difference is questionseverything Apr 2014 #77
First it was testing was a horror. Warren Stupidity Apr 2014 #80
are you saying funding and testing are not related? questionseverything Apr 2014 #81
You think this is about minimal standards? Seriously? ipaint Apr 2014 #15
I seriously doubt WarrenStupidity has kids in school being subjected to this madness. FourScore Apr 2014 #18
Common Core has worked unbelievably well for my little girl. Codeine Apr 2014 #27
If you changed schools the year CC was implemented, FourScore Apr 2014 #50
The most advanced school in our area "uses" Common Core cannondale Apr 2014 #30
That just proves that it's about poverty, not standards. knitter4democracy Apr 2014 #33
That sounds like the right's argument about health care joeglow3 Apr 2014 #52
I usually teach in high-poverty schools. knitter4democracy Apr 2014 #53
Thank you for all your comments. senseandsensibility Apr 2014 #19
I live in one of the most liberal towns in America. FourScore Apr 2014 #17
Cambridge, where this happened, KamaAina Apr 2014 #79
Have you seen how Common Core teaches math? I dont care who attacks it, its stupid. nt 7962 Apr 2014 #22
Yes, the math concepts are great cannondale Apr 2014 #28
CCSS does not mandate teaching strategies or materials, no. knitter4democracy Apr 2014 #35
"lazy administration". I think you may have something there!! 7962 Apr 2014 #43
Why don't you provide the examples of the great ones. FourScore Apr 2014 #48
I'll take that as "I didn't bother to look" cannondale Apr 2014 #65
don't be condescending. I have kids in schools that been subjected this year to CC. FourScore Apr 2014 #69
CCS doesnt teach anything. Warren Stupidity Apr 2014 #37
IF YOU DON'T READ ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS THREAD, PLEASE READ THIS FourScore Apr 2014 #47
The story is a classic SF piece, but 7th grade?? WTF?? eridani Apr 2014 #59
Thank yuo. That's EXACTLY how I feel. n/t FourScore Apr 2014 #68
You start off with a non-reason. Igel Apr 2014 #25
CCSS are being disparaged by teachers, administrators, the right, and the left. knitter4democracy Apr 2014 #32
EXACTLY!!!! FourScore Apr 2014 #45
Thank you, knitter4democracy. senseandsensibility Apr 2014 #55
This is why I refuse to work for any national campaign. knitter4democracy Apr 2014 #70
So we have to support it because the right wing doesn't? That's bull. liberal_at_heart Apr 2014 #49
I seriously doubt "joy" will be an understood concept in the ballyhoo Apr 2014 #10
We need to ensure that a high school diploma is in fact a preparation hedgehog Apr 2014 #14
It would probably be more helpful to teach citizenship without making a living eridani Apr 2014 #60
Assessments in KINDERGARTEN? BuelahWitch Apr 2014 #16
Exactly! ctsnowman Apr 2014 #63
Too much testing is bad, agreed. But Common Core? cannondale Apr 2014 #21
Did you make 14 million on your high school calculus standards? ipaint Apr 2014 #29
Implementation -- so we agree cannondale Apr 2014 #31
no. ipaint Apr 2014 #41
Not only that, there are now millions of dollars that were promised to schools in NY, FourScore Apr 2014 #46
Are you involved in teaching or even helping kids with their homework? truedelphi Apr 2014 #44
Yes, still tutor kids cannondale Apr 2014 #64
Here is one dad's (my) response to a ridiculous item in his kid's textbook: cannondale Apr 2014 #67
How times have changed SummerSnow Apr 2014 #34
This is the part that drove me out of teaching: femmocrat Apr 2014 #39
I'm Glad I Was In School Before All This colsohlibgal Apr 2014 #42
I been saying it for years now. The RW will elminate Kindergarten becuase that's where kids learn Dark n Stormy Knight Apr 2014 #51
COMMON CORE IS NOT A CURRICULUM. IT IS A SET OF STANDARDS FOR READING AND MATH. kwassa Apr 2014 #56
Thank you cannondale Apr 2014 #66
The Bush/Duncan profit based school model Doctor_J Apr 2014 #57
I am sorry, but I have no issue with common core nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #71
I agree... Jeff In Milwaukee Apr 2014 #76
yes the problem is the testing is tied to funding questionseverything Apr 2014 #78
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