Posted on 08/04/2015 2:15:33 PM PDT by Ray76
(Dec 16, 2012) This week, left-wing outlets, like NPR’s quiz show, Wait, Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me! and the Huffington Post, as well as the British Telegraph, expressed surprise and concern that the new national Common Core standards will destroy the love of literature. The leftist outlets focused on favorites like Catcher in the Rye and To Kill a Mockingbird, but couldn’t seem to connect this unconstitutional federalization of education with their favorite presidential candidate.
They should also be concerned about what the recently released test questions reveal about what the feds want: happy workers for the State.
The test questions, which will eventually be given to every single student, are the kind you could expect from a close pal of Bill Ayers, co-founder of the terrorist group Weatherman-turned-“Distinguished Professor of Education.” Ayers’s close colleague, Stanford Education Professor Linda Darling-Hammond, education director of Obama’s presidential transition team, heads content specifications for testing under one of the consortia, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium which received $176 million in stimulus funds to develop testing under Common Core—now the law of the land, at least in 46 states. (The rest of the $360 million for testing was given to PARCC, Partnership for Assessment Readiness for College and Career.)
SBAC recently released 16 sample test questions. They reveal that the “transformation” of American education that Darling-Hammond had eagerly anticipated will be fulfilled—toward making students into global citizens, devoid of a sense of cultural heritage, and content with performing quick tasks that require little concentration.
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Oh no.
If public schools hadn’t taught us to like the Beatles and Michael Jackson, where would we be today?
“Another question asks the students to provide an ending to a story that consists of two short paragraphs about a character named Jeff and his dog walking by a lake, when a splash is heard.”
Man, I used to hate questions like that in school. I could come up with a great story about Jeff stumbling on a serial killer dumping a dismembered body into the lake at sunset, but if I put that down, I’d end up in the school counselor’s office! So instead, I’d have to make up some lame “safe for all ages” story.
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Get YOUR children out of the government indoctrination centers - NOW!
I recently went on a job interview and was asked the following question, which I assumed was something out of Common Core. I have seen the question before, just don’t remember where or if the response I gave was even original, since it seemed like a logical answer.
“If you found a Giraffe in your back yard, how would you make it leave?” So I responded, “Alive or Dead?” She just stared at me and at this point I knew not only wasn’t I getting this job, but chances were she was going to call the police. “Why would you ask that question?”
And this was my response. “Because I need to know if I have to go buy a chainsaw.”
Interview over and not even a hand shake. Some people are just rude.
There is nothing to like about CC. Nothing.
Common Core News agrees; that’s why they liked the article.
I guess I’ve been sadly under-educated. I’ve never read TKAMB nor seen the flick. Woe is me.
Ah yes. The Giraffe in the fridge. That wasn’t the question asked of me, but the same premise. “Alive or Dead?”
Anyone who can pull their children out of public schools needs to do so. They were plenty bad when I was in them, but not they’re worse than useless.
Unfortunately, not even we homeschoolers will be able to escape it. For example, the SAT is being changed for Common Core, and so are many textbooks. :-(
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