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On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes...you should have the same education regardless if you live in New York, > Chicago, or Gulfport MS...leaving it up to local school boards allows for > stupid shit to creep in...just look at the Texas Board of education for a > great example of mass stupidity getting forced into the system. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: LRS Scout [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 12:21 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Common Core will turn your children gay > > > Do you really think a nation wide cookie cutter approach to education is the > best idea in a country as large and diverse as ours? > > Isn't this the very reason we have states and counties? Tailored localized > responses? > On May 20, 2014 1:16 PM, "Larry C. Lyons" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> So run a few large scale studies using a Quasi-Experimental approach. >> Take a set of schools that are statistically equivalent on the >> dependent measures. Then randomly assign them to either the current >> approaches or the CCC. Then see what happens over a 5 or 10 year >> period. And do that in 4 or 5 different states. That would give a >> fairly good idea on what works best. >> >> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 12:45 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > RIght. Research suggests this may work better. SO let's try it. >> > >> > Now research doesn't always translate into the real world, but >> > there's >> only >> > one way to find out. IF the upside is better educated kids, and the >> > downside is going back to the way it was.....there's no reason NOT >> > to >> try. >> > >> > >> > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Larry C. Lyons >> ><[email protected] >> >wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> What I don't understand is that people on both sides seem to be >> >> ignoring what the research says when it comes to the Common Core >> >> Curriculum. Why not go with what works the best? >> >> >> >> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > my kiddos have all gone through Montessori education and were >> >> > taught >> math >> >> > in a very similar manner to common core. My oldest ended up >> >> > skipping Algebra 1 once she got into middle school and has >> >> > maintained a 96 >> average >> >> > all year. >> >> > >> >> > If you've seen the "New Math" photo that's been endlessly >> >> > circulated, people seem to understand it better once I relate it >> >> > to counting back changed to someone. It's really a very natural way > of doing math. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 10:47 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> > It sounds like he's saying commie core promotes gay lifestyles >> >> >> > a >> lot, >> >> as >> >> >> in >> >> >> > getting the little kids to understand and be tolerant, >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Understanding and tolerance?!?!?!?!?!?! >> >> >> >> >> >> HOLY FUCK!!!!!! >> >> >> >> >> >> Take it away, Judge McShane: >> >> >> >> >> >> "Let us look less to the sky to see what might fall; rather, let >> >> >> us >> >> look to >> >> >> each other...and rise." >> >> >> >> >> >> On the hand, the real issue is how horrible is it that the >> >> >> federal >> >> >> > government is destroying our education system and many people >> >> >> > are >> >> unaware >> >> >> > or are happy about it. >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> Jury is still out on this common core junk. I've read experts >> >> >> who >> swear >> >> by >> >> >> it, backed by research, and others who are highly critical of it. >> People >> >> >> are so resistant to change. If it's for the better, then by FSM >> let's do >> >> >> it. We won't really know until we try. I also have little >> >> >> sympathy >> for >> >> >> parents who are pissed because they can't help their kids with >> >> >> their >> 4th >> >> >> grade home work. Geeesh, set down your fucking cell phone, take >> >> >> a few minutes and learn something new for a change.....it ain't >> >> >> gonna kill >> >> you. >> >> >> >> >> >> At least test drive it. See what this new approach is TRYING to >> >> >> do, >> >> before >> >> >> making up your mind. >> >> >> >> >> >> Or alternatively, decide that it makes you gay and reject it >> outright. I >> >> >> guess that's the easiest approach. >> >> >> >> >> >> Disclaimer: My kids haven't quite reached elementary school yet, >> >> >> so i haven't actually been exposed to it. When I actually learn >> >> >> about it >> and >> >> try >> >> >> it out, I may become a critic...but I intend to at least try it >> first. >> >> >> >> >> >> If anyone on here has practical experience with it and can give >> concrete >> >> >> examples of what they think is wrong with it....or perhaps how >> >> >> it's >> >> turning >> >> >> them gay....I'd love to hear it. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:370263 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
