Train those mindless robots. Cheap dependable labor.
Misinformation? You mean the misinformation of the parents whose children are suffering under this crap? The misinformation of the teachers who teach this crap? That misinformation? Or maybe you mean the misinformation of the “architects” of common core where they admit that students will not be truly career and college ready under common core. Or maybe the recent disclosure where David Coleman himself admitted in 2011 they were not qualified to do this. Chutzpah like this belongs only in one place: Jail.
Are you a commie, Rex? If not then wake the heck up.
“Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon Mobil, sent a letter to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett in May with a veiled threat to move operations out of the state if Corbett does not implement the controversial Common Core standards in Pennsylvania schools.”
Companies are always complaining about the lack of educated people smart enough to work for their companies in certain positions yet this CEO is pushing for a program that is certain to dumb down the school kids?
Exxon Mobil send a lot of money to Lee College in Baytown, TX, mostly to support the process plants instrumentation courses. With the watered down politically correct curriculum of Common Core, students would be at a further disadvantage going into even a trades education in a highly technical field. So a place like Lee College winds up diverting more resources to what amounts to remedial studies operations.
Diclosure statement: I am a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas, specializing in process automation. This is a multidiscipline field requiring working knowledge in electrical (my degree), mechanical, and chemical engineering.
Hey Rex, start your own school and implement it.
Exxon Mobil sends a lot of money to Lee College in Baytown, TX, mostly to support the process plants instrumentation courses. With the watered down politically correct curriculum of Common Core, students would be at a further disadvantage going into even a trades education in a highly technical field. So a place like Lee College winds up diverting more resources to what amounts to remedial studies operations.
Diclosure statement: I am a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas, specializing in process automation. This is a multidiscipline field requiring working knowledge in electrical (my degree), mechanical, and chemical engineering.
Can someone explain how it is in Exxon Mobil’s interest and the interest of its shareholders to be threatening governors over something called ‘Common Core’?
Glad I don’t have a Mobil card anymore.
Hey Rex , continue to suck gas, where you know what you're doing
and leave the education and indoctrination to parents and professionals.
You are exercising criticism in excess of your pay grade and obviously outside your expertize .Stick with Fuels !!
Responsible Parents will supervize their children responsibly ; irresponsible parents really dont care what their children learn (attendees !).
Irresponsible parents will be consent to their children becomming socialist zombies !!
Wait a minute, where are all those screaming OWS members, complaining about the corporate money trying to influence our politics and our schools.
These letters read more like an attempt at extortion.
“The Main Thing”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lwLvmu8FAfo
run time = 00:09:53 minutes
5/24/2013, Rex Tillerson speech after the vote to accept homosexual youth into the BSA.
“So we’ve made the decision. We’re going to change,” says Rex Tillerson. ”Now what?” Less than 24 hours after the volunteer delegates voted to change the BSA’s membership policy for youth, Tillerson addressed a large room full of Scouting volunteers and professionals at the closing general session of the BSA’s National Annual Meeting. In a powerful, heartfelt speech, Tillerson made his message clear: Change is inevitable, but “The Main Thing,” which is to serve more youth in Scouting, hasn’t changed. With that in mind, he reasoned, it’s time for all of us unite toward this common goal. Tillerson, immediate past president of the Boy Scouts of America and a 2010 Silver Buffalo recipient, knows something about making big decisions and dealing with change. When he’s not serving as a Scouting volunteer, he’s the chairman, president, and CEO of Exxon Mobil Corp., one of the world’s largest companies. In 1999, Tillerson worked for Exxon when it merged with Mobil—definitely a big change for both companies. Take 10 minutes to watch the video below and listen to Tillerson’s message. Then, share it with the members of your Scouting family.
5/29/2013 – For the 14th straight year, ExxonMobil shareholders overwhelmingly rejected by 81% a proposition to incorporate into the company’s written non-discrimination policy language explicitly prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The ExxonMobil Board of Directors, in a proxy statement, recommended that shareholders vote against the proposal: “The Board has reviewed in detail ExxonMobil’s existing global policies that prohibit all forms of discrimination, including those based on sexual orientation and gender identity, in any Company workplace, anywhere in the world. In fact, ExxonMobil’s policies go beyond the law and prohibit any form of discrimination. Based on these existing all-inclusive, zero-tolerance policies, the Board believes the proposal is unnecessary.”
9/27/2013 – Exxon Mobil Corp. announced that it would begin offering benefits to legally married same-sex couples in the U.S. for the 1st time starting next week. The company said it would recognize "all legal marriages" when it determines eligibility for health care plans for the company's 77,000 employees and retirees in the U.S. That means if a homosexual employee has been married in a state or country where homosexual marriage is legal, his or her spouse will be eligible for benefits with Exxon in the U.S. as of 10/01/2013. Exxon, which is facing a same-sex discrimination complaint in Illinois, said it was following the lead of the U.S. government.
Oh bullcrap. If there is money to be made, Exxon will stay. If not, Exxon will leave. Period. End of story. (And this is not an “Obama”
‘Period’.)
Man, I was on Big Business’s side when the dems were out to get them, but they are part of the problem. No soul.
It also exposes the stupidity of apparently smart people. Why does Rex Tillerson push for common core? He's under the delusion that common core will improve government schools. Stupidity on stilts. And why does the Exxon/Mobil CEO make common core his hill to fight on. That's Exxon's top priority? Really? What do Exxon/Mobil stockholders think?
And the idea that Exxon/Mobil is going to leave Pennsylvania and the Marcellus Basin is ludicrous.
sent an email telling him to keep is trap shut about PA. And i won’t be buying his gas anymore (not that i did all that much) Also stated that maybe a criminal investigation is in order for trying to influence a public official. Bribes don’t seem to be working try extortion.