[artichokegrower]

For those traditional academic subjects, teachers grade students on a 1-to-4 scale. But when it comes to attributes such as grit or being sensitive to others, they give students one of four marks: A for almost always, O for often, S for sometimes and R for rarely.

Common Core. Sounds like common crap. Whoever came up with this is full of grit.

[GeronL]

What crap

A bunch of things you cannot measure on a report card.

[PrincessB]

“Grit” is a new buzzword in the success consulting area. A psychologist did a TED talk on it.

Doesn’t surprise me that some educator took the concept and ran with it and is probably misusing it. Depending on the teacher student ratio, I don’t know how the teacher has enough time to objectively observe and determine a marker for each student.

[Blood of Tyrants]

What? No “political correctness” grade?

[stinkerpot65]

Government schools believe children are their property.

Government schools believe they can raise a child better than parents.

Government schools view compliant parents as a nuisance, non-compliant parents as criminals.

Government schools are evil.

[SECURE AMERICA]

Wow. Commom Core sounds alfully similar to the re-education system Common in Communist country’s........
More about individual control then general knowledge.

[bgill]

Totally subjective.

[AT7Saluki]

Isn’t “gratitude” a virtue? Against what standard are we measuring virtues? Someone should suggest that “gratitude” is a Biblical principle and this would go away post haste.