Common core

[DeruIsLove]

Is there anyone who still supports this garbage? I honestly didn't know it was still in use till I saw the recent trending topics.

I'd call my senator about it but I'm pretty sure his personal lobbyist would tell him/her to ignore me.

[Heebo]

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[DeruIsLove]

^
I'll put you down as a supporter of common core then.

[skitterburst]

its a shame that it takes dick and poop jokes to make anyone pay attention

[DeruIsLove]

Amurika

[quido]

lol I love Heebo

[Elendae]

Nearly everyone already does common core on the fly anyway.

Like, your meal comes to $11.79. You want to give the waitress $15.00.

$11.79 -> $11.80 -> $12.00 -> $15.00

.01 + .20 + 3.00 = $3.21

I was taught the old way, but do it this way in my head in real life situations.

[Bazia]

I have no fucking clue what common core is, based on the example above I'm guessing it's a way for people with limited brain function to do 3rd grade level math problems?

[DeruIsLove]

I have no fucking clue what common core is, based on the example above I'm guessing it's a way for people with limited brain function to do 3rd grade level math problems?

It's a way of teaching children from K-grade 12 in an attempt to maximize standardized test results. The method was created and implemented without testing by a group that has no experience in education. Long story short it's a business model.

[Kazi]

You can't teach the kid the shortcut. They need to come to that ability on their own or they won't understand the basics.

[Gonzo Joe]

Common core is a way of formalizing the way most people do math problems in their head. It's mostly opposed by people who were taught a different way and are resistant to change.

"I didn't need that shit when I was a kid, and the shit I needed when I was a kid is the penultimate of human enlightenment. I DON'T LIKE CHANGE!"

Standardized testing guts the educational system. Common core, though, makes fucking sense.

[Kazi]

Lol they stopped teaching kids how to sound words out and instead taught them whole word reading for a few years. Whole word reading is something every advanced reader does, but when they tried to circumvent the basics and teach that to kids.. Well I'm sure you've heard the story. Didn't work out so well. Common Core will lead to the exact same thing. Advanced users of arithmetic use that trick to come to easy solutions (though honestly in this case it's less efficient and taxing than if you actually had memorized a table). But that's the thing, ADVANCED users do it. You can't circumvent foundational knowledge and trach advanced problem solving tactics and expect it to work out well. In this case, we have hard evidence that it in fact does not work out and is actually detrimental.

[Skywarp]

Common Core is the dumbest thing that has ever been implemented in schools. Math worksheets with word problems that have no attainable answers. Even 4 year math majors can't solve this crap and the scariest part is 1st graders are being assigned this stuff. Kids are not even being taught cursive anymore. If you agree with common cunt, enjoy raising a stupid kid

[Champion_Standing]

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[Argh]

Fuck pearson

[Ahldagor]

you follow louis ck on twitter?

all standardized testing depletes any teaching of critical thinking because the results are all that matters in terms of them being a number that can be pointed to to say that the test works or not. it's an attempt to quantify how schools are working that got twisted into a billion dollar industry thanks, mainly, to the great state of TX leading the way.

[Ahldagor]

Fuck pearson


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http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/crash-test

[drktmplr12]

what happened to finding out SATs are next week once a year? lol

My opinion is that common core is trying to increase the number of successful applicants that graduate from universities. People often leave high school without the ability to support a claim with hard evidence. that's an important life skill most on this forum wouldn't know anything about. they end up taking (and failing) remedial classes because their parents didn't give a big enough fuck about their educational progress to keep track. Now they are making the teachers and schools responsible.. not really fair to teachers imo.. they do enough for little pay as it is.

after reading the expectations of students under common core.. it just looks like college preparatory curriculum to me..

[Azure]

what really pisses me off is that people thought the previous methods being forced down children throats were any better. I don't support teaching standardized shit.

Every kid learns differently.

This is nothing new. Just lazy bought out bureaucrats.

[Ahldagor]

the asymptote of the service industry economy is too close to the x-axis

[DeruIsLove]

what happened to finding out SATs are next week once a year? lol

My opinion is that common core is trying to increase the number of successful applicants that graduate from universities. People often leave high school without the ability to support a claim with hard evidence. that's an important life skill most on this forum wouldn't know anything about. they end up taking (and failing) remedial classes because their parents didn't give a big enough fuck about their educational progress to keep track. Now they are making the teachers and schools responsible.. not really fair to teachers imo.. they do enough for little pay as it is.

after reading the expectations of students under common core.. it just looks like college preparatory curriculum to me..

So you are in support of college prep saying at the age of 6... and you are trying to imply that you don't lack knowledge of necessary life skills like "most on this forum".

[DeruIsLove]

Starting*
Fuck no edit
Fuck Swype

[Ahldagor]

what happened to finding out SATs are next week once a year? lol

My opinion is that common core is trying to increase the number of successful applicants that graduate from universities. People often leave high school without the ability to support a claim with hard evidence. that's an important life skill most on this forum wouldn't know anything about. they end up taking (and failing) remedial classes because their parents didn't give a big enough fuck about their educational progress to keep track. Now they are making the teachers and schools responsible.. not really fair to teachers imo.. they do enough for little pay as it is.

after reading the expectations of students under common core.. it just looks like college preparatory curriculum to me..

what you leave out in the assessment is the money factor that universities now place on students. incoming and continuing students are income for the university, and the longer they stay then the longer the university gets money. my degree plan has been changed by the university of houston twice, and because of that i have 18hrs that count for nothing even though i was told by my adviser that they would satisfy requirements for my degree plan. adviser still has a job for being terrible at it, but he politics his words and keeps kids enrolled. most kids don't put up with bullshit like that these days, and the universities don't feel as if they are doing anything wrong because the money numbers check out very well for them.