Unbelievable: Common Core Problem Asks Kids to Choose Two Amendments to Remove From Bill of Rights

IJReview ^ | 03/31/2014 | Emily Hulsey

[SeekAndFind]

A mother in Arkansas has expressed concern over her daughter’s recent Common Core school assignment that asked her to remove and replace two of the first ten amendments of the Constitution. The team assignment stated that the Bill of Rights is “outdated and may not remain in its current form any longer.” Here is a copy of the assignment:

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The mother who spoke up said she was particularly troubled by the fact that her daughter’s Sixth Grade History class had received no prior training in civics or how to amend the Constitution, which may lead those children to incorrectly believe that it can be changed by a “special committee” as suggested by the assignment.

“After she brought it home and explained her assignment to me, it made me question exactly what she was being taught. Where I can see a class using critical thinking skills to modernize the words, as to help them better understand the Amendments, giving an assignment to remove two then add two with little explanation as to why is upsetting,” she said.

We know that teaching our children false principles – particularly those pertaining to Americans’ basic rights – is dangerous because it can make them less likely to realize and speak up when those rights are being violated in the future. If the Common Core curriculum promotes some of those false principles (whether purposefully or not), it is time to make some big changes – before it’s too late.

One Kid’s Unexpected Answer to a Homework Problem is Freaking Awesome

[skinkinthegrass]

and 17th, too.

[lowbridge]

Bump

[ourworldawry]

“When did I say anything in support of Common Core? Never, and you never will hear it from me.”

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lol I never said you were in support of it. I just offered for you to research it.

[GAFreedom]

I did this exact same assignment back in AP American Government back in high school in the early 1990s. Produced a lot of interesting arguments.

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@Pearls Before Swine:

If you read the assignment document, your eyes will glaze over.

You think? Shoot, I find it clearer than most corporate project proposals. Why would it make your eyes glaze over?

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@Rightward Ho:

Why is that upsetting? It’s just a thought experiment is all. We did a lot of this in Law School. Nothing wrong with this. It makes you appreciate the Bill of Rights quite frankly.

Agreed. Some of my fondest memories are of AP American Government. That, combined with Mock Trial and Model UN, made for the best year of high school I had. Thought experiments like this are the best for making you think.

[itssme]

Parents, take your kids out the of the public school system and either home school then yourself, send them to a private school that doesn't teach commie core, or parents should group together and hire a teacher or a retired teacher to teach their children home-school style. And then be sure to elect a Conservative who will yank this marxist commie core crap from our school system and return it to a curriculum that espouses the USA as it should and our methods of teaching children prior to obozo in 2008.

[Up Yours Marxists]

Take out the 2 Bill of Rights protecting abortion and gay marriage.

[lavaroise]

They are all integral. Stupid ignorant communist assignment. You take one away, all the others fall apart.

[Pearls Before Swine]

> If you read the assignment document, your eyes will glaze over.

>>You think? Shoot, I find it clearer than most corporate project proposals.

You’re a mature, emotionally developed, formally trained lawyer. Imagine doing this in, say middle school, when civic knowledge and attitudes aren’t fully formed. It’s easy for me to see this assignment as a “Delphi technique” vehicle for a discussion limiting a number of important Amendments—say, First, Fourth, Second, and Fifth. Throw in the Tenth, too, as this is a centrally organized educational program designed by people who clearly favor centralization over leaving any meaningful power to the States.

[apoliticalone]

“The government is revisiting the Bill of Rights”

I agree totally. That statement alone on such a test should send a chill up our spine. This is not a government role, their role is to abide and protect the Constitution. It is the citizens role to amend the Constitution.

The answer they were looking for is to eliminate the 2A and add an amendment that makes some groups of people more special and protected than others-ie hate crimes.

[kinsman redeemer]

Repeal all Amendments written in cursive.

No one can read them anyway.

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[heylady]

“Don’t worry. I’m certain that no sixth grader has ever seen this, unless they read Free Republic. This is more bogus than an honest Democrat.”

You are wrong. My grandson had this exact assignment in fifth grade in Keller, Texas where they supposedly do not have Common Core in place. He said all the girls in his class wanted the second amendment removed from the Bill of Rights.

[a fool in paradise]

As a math problem, no doubt.

[Albion Wilde]

Ping — This kind of thing is what some of the fuss is about in areas other than English. :-)

[MrB]

Girls - you realize, then, that you have no recourse when someone bigger and stronger than you, ie, half the population, wants to take something from you that you don’t want to give?

[Qbert]

Now I can see why the megalomaniac Jebster supports this...

“Jeb Bush: Follow Through on Common Core Standards”:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/t/story/gop-leaders-meet-tenn-amid-common-core-discord-22964741?ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bing.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dcommon%2Bcore%2Bjeb%2Bbush%26form%3DAPIPA1

[jpsb]

"Remove #14 and #16.

Excellent idea.

[centurion316]

Thanks for pointing this out. Your post provides some very important details that help inform the discussion. First, since Keller, Texas does not have Common Core, this cannot be a Common Core product. That matches an earlier post that pointed out that Common Core for Social Studies has not yet been implemented. Secondly, someone is up to no good and is using the classroom for political purposes (Surprise, Surprise). Here’s whom it might be:

1 - The Teacher’s Unions. These organizations are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Democrat Party and make “teacher resources” available to their members that suit their agendas.

2 - The Democrat Party. They have been doing this sort of thing for years, all designed to develop new little Democrats.

3 - Teachers taking the initiative to go online and find things to instruct their little charges in their own philosophy.

Since we now know that this is not from Common Core, parents and school boards need to demand to know the source and to know what teachers are using it and why. This is certainly part of a coordinated attack on the 2d Amendment.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: But there is one amendment that IMO should be repealed, and that’s amendment 16.

Unfortunately, the assignment chooses to remove from the BILL OF RIGHTS, not the subsequent ones. So, you only have the first to tenth amendments to choose from...

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Wait till ObamaCommie care starts its rampage. Billions are going to be siphoned out of the government. Russian mafia is salivating, Dr. Phantom with his post box office is waiting to get his checks and nobody will stop him. Before the damn thing even started the web developers scammed almost a billion out. For a freakin’ WEBSITE, so you can imagine what this nightmare is going to cost. It’s the 1-2 punch of Obamas assault against the country - The country is in massive debt and Obamacommiecare is the final nail.

[PapaNew]

Obamacommiecare is the final nail

...until the states decide to hold their convention limited to forcing huge cuts via Constitutional Amendment or, if not, state nullification. We'll see where it goes from there.