Common Core
Posted by CarolSeer2014 11 years ago to Education
It's time to have the conversation about Common Core. What are your thoughts, Gulchers, about the innate evil in Common Core?
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Common Core is evil. I just recently 'retired" from an elementary school where I worked for the last 10 years, mostly because of Common Core. (Other factors being a gun free zone, and having to watch, and practically be forced to participate in socialist behaviors, which I refused to do loudly. And some major disappointment in realizing how UNeducated teachers can be.)
With that said, I've read some interesting books on the subject: "Teaching Johnny to Think" Peikoff, "Credentialed to Destroy" Robin Eubanks (both I recommend). I've read some others that are escaping me at the moment, and many articles on the subject. (facebook page "Moms against Duncan" is also a good source of info.)
There have many discussion about Common Core in the gulch as well.
Common Core, although presented as a big positive in critical thinking and "career and college readiness" (whatever the hell that's supposed to mean..."make you all sheep" would be more accurate) is nothing more than teaching NOT to think, be eternally confused about everything, and don't bother asking too many questions, stay in line and be the same as everyone in your group.
Public schools be damned. Home school!
What are your thoughts? :)
(See Hitler Youth, and compare to an American political scientist, James Q. Wilson, who believed that government shapes character.)