Common Core: A House that Doesn’t Make Sense
The Common Core Core-ites constantly ask those opposed to show them a standard “they don’t like”. Taken out of context, it might be difficult to take umbrage to specific standards, but taken as a whole, it is easier to determine if they make sense or not. This is a tactic to divert the main issue that the CCSSI circumvented the political process of state and federal statutes, but let’s play the Core-ite game and talk about why the standards should be discarded because of their content and/or lack of content.
Think of the Common Core State Standards Initiative as if you are looking for a new house in which to live:
- You drive up to it and think, “this looks like a great house”. The landscaping is pristine and it’s in a great neighborhood.
- The real estate agent lets you in and you notice the ceilings are a bit too low but you can work with them. Just don’t invite tall people to visit.
- The dining room is more like a sitting room as only a small table and a few chairs will fit in there, but formal dining is so out of date anyway, who needs a large dining room?
- The rooms are small and you could take out a wall to expand, but uh oh….that looks like a load bearing wall. Maybe those small rooms should be renamed “cozy”. You can work with this.
- The kitchen is a bit out of date but you can take care of it later. This would necessitate complete renovation.
- The granite countertops in the bathrooms are nice and new cabinets can be Common Core: A House that Doesn’t Make Sense | Missouri Education Watchdog: