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On first day of Common Core testing, some NY students sit it out
Fox News ^
| April 01, 2014
| Perry Chiaramonte
Posted on 04/01/2014 7:51:17 PM PDT by Olog-hai
While her sons fourth-grade classmates were taking the nation's first round of tests under the controversial Common Core program, Heidi Indelecato decided to teach her son a lesson in civil disobedience.
We respectfully refuse to participate in the test, said Indelecato, whose son Benjamin attends school in Lancaster, N.Y., which on Tuesday became the first state to administer testing under the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
So while other kids sat poised with their No. 2 pencils above Scantron sheets, Benjamin studied with his mother, who documented the occasion with a picture of the pair wearing T-shirts that read: Keep calm and and refuse the NYS tests.
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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: civildisobedience; commoncore; homeschooling; lancaster
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posted on
04/01/2014 7:51:17 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
GREAT SHIRT...and a good...idea!!
Gubment schools really do practice child abuse
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posted on
04/01/2014 7:57:52 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: Olog-hai
I think that were I in school today I would refuse to participate in this insanity, come to think of it that’s exactly what I did do most of the time I went to high school.
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posted on
04/01/2014 7:58:23 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
04/01/2014 8:45:08 PM PDT
by
Flick Lives
("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
To: MeshugeMikey
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posted on
04/01/2014 8:47:23 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
The results will be skewed upwards because of this giving a false impression of success in education.
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posted on
04/01/2014 9:49:21 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: GeronL
God bless this mother...SHE has the guts to stan up to the commiecore crap. Let this be an example to everyone that we Patriots must delay, deny, refuse and destroy the enemy in any way possible. C’mon, folks, have the balls and the guts to do what is right and stand up for your rights.
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posted on
04/01/2014 11:13:26 PM PDT
by
itssme
To: greatvikingone
Thanks for that link to the movie. Good baseline discussions.
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posted on
04/01/2014 11:42:49 PM PDT
by
T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
To: Olog-hai
But under Common Core couldn’t the child miss the test and still pass due to modern self esteem centric grading rules?
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posted on
04/01/2014 11:56:28 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
To: Olog-hai
There are some Freepers who claim to be conservatives, but they are advocates of common core.
The way I see it, you are either for big government, or against it. If you are for it, you aren’t a conservative.
And Common Core is Big Government.
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posted on
04/02/2014 2:38:55 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
("A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral." A. Hamilton)
To: MeshugeMikey
I bet she packs his lunch too. A mom who cares!
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posted on
04/02/2014 3:42:02 AM PDT
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: rlmorel
And Jeb Bush is Mr. Common Core. I really wish “conservatives” would stop believing he is the answer to anything.
To: outofsalt
Family is the Root and the Crown of Civilization
God bless her!
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posted on
04/02/2014 7:06:21 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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