Post: #1

The Common Core teaching standard that is being dished out around the world has plenty of "interesting" gimmicks with ridiculous math "re-inventions" of how does math make you feel and 4*3 may be 11 if you can explain it convincingly enough.



http://www.thesleuthjournal.com/wont-bel...traction/#

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That's some kind of feminist homework assignment and feminazi reading comprehension:

Ruby sat on the bed she shared with her husband holding a hairclip. There was something mysterious and powerful about the cheaply manufactured neon clip that she was fondling suspiciously. She didn’t recognize the hairclip. It was too big to be their daughter’s, and Ruby was sure that it wasn’t hers. She hadn’t had friends over in weeks, but here was this hairclip, little and green with a few long black hair strands caught in it. Ruby ran her fingers through her own blonde hair. She had just been vacuuming when she noticed this small, bright green object under the bed. Now their life would never be the same. She would wait here until Mike returned home.

Why is Ruby so affected by the hairclip?

How has the hairclip affected Ruby’s relationship?

From where did the hairclip most likely come?


I guess indoctrination via TV series, commercials, their own single mothers and the college industrial complex is not enough.

Good thing is that they will turn out to be fucked-up sluts anyway - Viva La Fornication!

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For more info on the constant deliberate destruction of the education system:

Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt - http://www.deliberatedumbingdown.com/
John Taylor Gatto - http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/

(no conspiracy bullshit - only sad facts by people who have been active in educational politics - Mrs. Thomson even in Reagon administration)

Post: #2

It's actually good expectations management for girls: The combination of men liking sexual variety and your looks deteriorating after years of aging and pumping out a child will likely lead to your husband looking elsewhere unless you can bring more things to the table.

Dread game.

A much better message than "you're a special, gorgeous princess who any man would be delighted and lucky to have."

What's more appalling to me is the "revamped" arithmetic methods:



Probably another hapless attempt to close whatever "gaps" get liberals panties into twists.

Maybe this one will succeed by making arithmetic near-impossible to do for all kids.

Post: #3

The error in the math problem is that Jack subtracted 360, not 316 (and incorrectly at that). It doesn't take a science degree to see that. If you were to solve the problem in your head, the thought process would probably resemble the counting-up or counting down (shown) method of subtracting hundreds first, then tens, then ones, rather than the algorithm. Often kids don't understand how or why certain algorithms work, and are utterly lost if they forget the procedure. Is procedural, rote learning good education? Most of you probably did not really understand how "borrowing" worked until several years after you had been using the algorithm. We now call it "regrouping" because it is a more accurate term- the overall value of the numerator does not change. These other math strategies promote mental math problem-solving skills, and seeing a variety of ways to solve a problem. There are plenty of problems with the education system and methodologies, but this IMO is not one of them. I am a teacher, by the way, and am quite familiar with the work of John Taylor Gatto and, to a lesser degree, Charlotte Iserbyt.

That said, I am not a proponent of 2+2 can be 5 if you can explain it well enough. Putting emphasis on the problem-solving process as well as the product will not make kids dumber. If the final product (correct answer) is ignored or given no emphasis, then perhaps so. But that is not actually happening in the classroom. However, for the next generation to solve the world's problems they will have to question and challenge things that are currently assumed and taken for granted to be true, in all realms of academics and science.

My problem with the original post's Common Core reading comprehension example is the sexual nature of it. It may be sexist- both men and women lie and cheat and always have- but the implied sexual nature of the passage is more disturbing than the feminist sexism. But hey, at least it's not about a lesbian couple or something. If this is truly for 4th graders, as the source article claims, I find that highly unethical. As a male elementary teacher, I would be very uncomfortable assigning or discussing that with my students. I simply would not do it, and would re-write a nonsexual passage with questions that fulfill the same standards. And at my international school, we do not have students actually take the PARCC test (the nation-wide Common Core test in the USA that will be implemented this next school year I believe). Perhaps the one good thing I can say about the posted comprehension problem, it does promote higher-level and inferential thinking, not merely picking out details or regurgitating.

Now I'm going fishing...sadly, a lot of the criticisms I see about Common Core in articles and comments are more a reflection of the failings of the previous models of education, than the failings of Common Core itself. If a scientist can't find the error that Jack made, I wouldn't expect him to be able to think outside the box in science if he can't think outside the box of the traditional algorithm.

Post: #4

(04-27-2014 04:46 PM)Moto Wrote:  I'd be curious to know for what grade that test is administered to. If middle-school, that is downright unethical. If upper high-school, maybe less so but still I do not like it. To its credit, it does promote higher-level and inferential thinking, not merely picking out details or regurgitating.

4th grade - so 9 to 10 year olds are getting those homework assignments. Premature hypersexualization is part of the global education plan as well.

Post: #5

I didn't even know what Common Core was until a few weeks ago, when a married friend vented their frustration about the new(er) system of education. I read quite a bit about it and found it utterly depressing how inane and frustrating it can be for children - thankfully, a healthy campaign to opt-out of common core is well underway. Indiana I believe being the first to successfully do so.

Post: #6

(04-27-2014 04:55 PM)Zelcorpion Wrote:  

(04-27-2014 04:46 PM)Moto Wrote:  I'd be curious to know for what grade that test is administered to. If middle-school, that is downright unethical. If upper high-school, maybe less so but still I do not like it. To its credit, it does promote higher-level and inferential thinking, not merely picking out details or regurgitating.

4th grade - so 9 to 10 year olds are getting those homework assignments. Premature hypersexualization is part of the global education plan as well.

Ha you were to quick- you got me before I finished editing my post. I do agree, the amount of teen and pre-teen sex and pregnancies only increase with the introduction of so-called sex ed. At least so says Alex Jones, and I believe it. Hypersexualization is a pillar in the Communist Manifesto. It is alive and well today and its tentacles are deeply entrenched in academia from Universities to elementary schools. I tend to agree with the idea that, short of an extreme grass-roots resistance, a global communist one-world government dystopia is likely within our lifetimes.

I was aghast when I saw, on a wall in a school where I did a practicum, some students' work on the American Revolution. They were basically apologizing for how rude we were to England! That is not how I'll be teaching it- renegade rebel I may be.

Post: #7

(04-27-2014 05:27 PM)Moto Wrote:  At least so says Alex Jones, and I believe it.

Post: #8

(04-27-2014 11:29 PM)Rutting Elephant Wrote:  

(04-27-2014 05:27 PM)Moto Wrote:  At least so says Alex Jones, and I believe it.

Alex Jones is 90% truth, 10% disinfo-crap and 100% chance of leading his listeners to the next dead end solution. The next Ron Paul train will crash and burn.

But seriously - books by Thomson and John Taylor Gatto are based on observable, verifiable facts. Hypersexualization - UN educational plans are well known - they publish it on their website for heaven's sake.

Post: #9

(04-27-2014 04:46 PM)Moto Wrote:  The error in the math problem is that Jack subtracted 360, not 316 (and incorrectly at that). It doesn't take a science degree to see that. If you were to solve the problem in your head, the thought process would probably resemble the counting-up or counting down (shown) method of subtracting hundreds first, then tens, then ones, rather than the algorithm. Often kids don't understand how or why certain algorithms work, and are utterly lost if they forget the procedure. Is procedural, rote learning good education? Most of you probably did not really understand how "borrowing" worked until several years after you had been using the algorithm. We now call it "regrouping" because it is a more accurate term- the overall value of the numerator does not change. These other math strategies promote mental math problem-solving skills, and seeing a variety of ways to solve a problem.

Gonna have to disagree completely here... thinking with this garbage can only hurt a mind not help it. There is no critical thinking with common core, but only making a person waste their time on useless bullshit.

Critical thinking is rejecting common core.

Post: #10

Why is Ruby so affected by the hairclip?

After 10 years in a sexless marriage, she's finally getting the tingles.

How has the hairclip affected Ruby’s relationship?

Instilled dread game in her; as a result, she fixed herself up and made her hubby his first homecooked dinner.

From where did the hairclip most likely come?

Her husband was reading Heartiste, so he bought it, leaving it there so said dread game could commence.

Post: #11

Here's how I'd mentally solve 26+17:

26+7=33
33+10 (which is what remains of 17 once we took the 7 away)
= 43

Took me 2 seconds.

Their approach makes NO FUCKING SENSE!!!

Post: #12

Solve 26 + 17 = ?

My natural reaction is to get things even and then subtract the differences, like this:

30 + 20 = 50

26 is 4 less than 30...
17 is 3 less than 20...
4 and 3 equal 7...

50 - 7 = 43

Post: #13

(04-28-2014 08:29 AM)Tommy Eyes Wrote:  Why is Ruby so affected by the hairclip?

After 10 years in a sexless marriage, she's finally getting the tingles.

How has the hairclip affected Ruby’s relationship?

Instilled dread game in her; as a result, she fixed herself up and made her hubby his first homecooked dinner.

From where did the hairclip most likely come?

Her husband was reading Heartiste, so he bought it, leaving it there so said dread game could commence.

Haha A+ work sir!