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>Max asks a question without even stating his own opinion >downvote brigade strikes anyway
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It's not even worth discussing here. The replies here already demonstrate that a lot of its opponents don't even understand what Common Core is. They see a meme or a video about weird teaching methods and attribute it to CC, which is patently ridiculous. Common Core creates standards, not methods. Whatever material is taught in the classroom is a function of the school district's curriculum, which is tested to CC standards. It is, effectively, a theoretical alternative to SAT testing standards. It is the federal government declaring that all schools in the nation will teach to the broad goals set in CC; it is not a curriculum or even a radical change. All of that said, I don't know too much about the specifics of what the standards are, nor am I qualified to evaluate them, so all I can say is that I won't dismiss the program outright based on ignorance of its intentions.
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I'm graduating in a couple weeks thankfully. No I don't like it. The school system is incredibly flawed.
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1 ReplyWhy isn't the no option have more votes who actually thinks common core works some guy in his 50s who has never taken it
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1 ReplyAt 29, I don't even know what that is
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Edited by john5550: 4/26/2017 2:14:56 PMIt's terrible, overcomplicated nonsense that will make our kids into idiots and sink our country even further than it has already sunk.
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heck naw
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You always hear about the horror stories of Common Core, but I wonder what the actual statistics are regarding its effectiveness. I'm sure there were plenty of garbage teachers who did worse than some of what happens in CC pre-CC.
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Im not a fan of it. And for anyone who doesn't know what it is, look up a Youtube video. As if Americans didn't already have low enough education scores compared to the rest of the world, we go and make learning waaay more complicated than it needs to be.
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Perfect way to make sure parents can't help with homework. We know how to solve 10+4 but are confused by the array diagram you need to illustrate the answer
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4 RepliesBring a foreigner like me up to date
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Honestly not sure. I know next to nothing about it. Don't really care seeing as how I don't want kids and don't know anybody in public primary schools. If it's proven to be a good system, I hope it stays.
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1 Reply>max makes a post without including his personal opinion on the matter >moon explodes >life on earth is eradicated >universe colapses in on itself and the reality that is time ceases to exist
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There's no reason for it. It just makes simple math overly complicated. It almost makes me wonder if whoever started the push to get this curriculum into public schools knew they'd be screwing everyone over. Our public schools already do a pretty poor job in educating, why would they make it much more complicated?
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Common core is a disgrace to math. It over complicates simple arithmetic.
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1 ReplyCommon core?
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Let's work on getting schools to be competent before we start adding shit.
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It isn't a thing where I live, so I haven't encountered it much.
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2 Replies0/10 I don't see a "I hate public schools" option. Better yet, a "I hate public monopolies" option. Of course, I know how so many of you [i]love[/i] your monopolies. Can't live without having an industry controlled by a single institution, apparently.
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I was looking through my old common core mathbook from last year and it's over complicated bullshit. They make.what I used to hear was easy stuff insanely complex and add at least 10 extra steps. I feel like it's worse in the earlier grade levels because I remember having problems where you would multiply the numbers by ten before adding them, add them, and divide by ten. You had to do it that way and get the right answer to get points, doing it any other way was 0 points. In high school, teachers hate it just as much and try to simplify it as much as possible. Not only has common core ruined math, it has also created a learning difference between parents and children. And changing it back would cause a difference between common core parents and their children who learn it the easy way. It's a big mess that will get bigger if it's not fixed now, but a mess will still be left behind for a bit even after cleaning it up.
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If it were an optional method of working problems, then sure. Otherwise no. I've learned at college, the way you work a problem doesn't matter. As long as you come to the correct answer, there should be no problems
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I don't know if it's different in other towns, but the public school near where I live has fifth graders that apparently can't add.