How would you like to go from state to state and see the
same scenery? Wouldn’t it just be easier
if all of the towns and cities looked the same?
I mean, you wouldn’t get lost…ever.
You wouldn’t have the agonizing choices of new restaurants, new tourists
hot spots. I mean, really, it would just
be easier to make us all the same!
Uh, if you know me you read that and heard the snarky tone
in your head.
Common Core is a so-called federally mandated state of
standards for schools. Cash hungry
states needing the promised dough from the feds adopted the standards for their
students without even knowing what would someday be taught in their schools. That’s right, the government wants to
implement or they are on track to implement a curriculum that will make Vermont
like Mississippi. Wh What? Common Core supporters say it will be so much
easier on the kiddos who move from state to state. They will be learning the same thing all over
this country at the same time. Uh,
really? I’ve only lived in two countries
and four different states over the last 25 years. Let me tell you, if you think that Kentucky
kids have the same needs as Colorado kids you’re smoking that stuff that’s now
legal in our home state of Colorado, different rant for a different day. Don’t get me started on the pot.
Under Common Core states will be required to teach the
standards which include something called Social Justice math. Social justice math is a mix of social
studies with math. Some of the
activities in the book I researched included math problems to figure
percentages of whites who discriminate against blacks. Now, um, are we really doing something
positive for race relations by assigning guilt and inciting anger? There’s a sex education standard in the
Common Core too that will teach your precious little 11 year old how to
masturbate. By the time she’s 14, a book
on the required reading list is the Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. It’s about a little girl who just wants to
have blue eyes and be pretty. Oh, and
her step dad comes into her room at night, lifts her nightgown to show her how
pretty she is. She becomes pregnant and
well, I think I’m done describing this.
You can always just read it for yourself.
I don’t really have the time it would take to describe how
bad Common Core is for our children. I
don’t think I will live that long. I AM
43 now. Just the name alone, common, do
you really want your children to be common?
Each state should have the ability to decide what is best for them to
teach children. Each state is very
different with different needs. Children
are very different. They each learn
differently. I just think I’ll leave you
with a few links for further research. I
am going to hear a speaker in La Junta on September 22, 2014. I will likely have more to say in the
future. For now, research this because
it apparently is coming. I don’t care
how rural your school is or if you home-school, that will be influenced by this
as well, or if your kiddos are in a private school. This is coming. It is here.
Search for the Facebook group called Parents and Educators
Against Common Core Standards. Parents
are sharing things that are beginning to happen this year. Connect with them.
Here is the original and founding group that started to
fight Common Core. It’s a five part
video series but short and informative enough to give you a place to
start. You’ll want to search for more
after hearing this or you don’t have a pulse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coRNJluF2O4
And finally, Dr. Duke Pesta is a name you’ll see a lot in
the fight against Common Core. Here is
one of his shorter videos but if you have the time, look for the longer
ones. It’s really more in depth and
there are things in those videos you’ll want to see as a parent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FETOSytLous
I think that’s enough homework for now.
~Anne Boswell Taylor
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