In response to post #27188304. #27188919, #27191199, #27192944, #27193319 are all replies on the same post. Actually, he is completely right about the common core. One of the lowest grade tests left half the kids crying in misery because if they clicked a wrong button it led them to an 8th grade test. They would still try to complete it, because they thought they would get in trouble if they didn't, but they had absolutely no idea how to answer the question. In a lot of the tests it was nearly impossible to find many of the places to answer the questions. Even better, there was a question that asked you to find the comma that was in the wrong place, and EVERY SINGLE COMMA was in the wrong place. The spelling and grammar (or, as it was spelled in the test, grammer) made the test look like it was written by a Somalian 14 year old. The tests were actually only suitable for people 1 or 2 grades below the test takers, but the test takers generally had to skip 5-10 percent of the questions because they couldn't figure out where the answer box was, or the correct answer wasn't an option in the multiple choice. Then you could move on to the fact that the common core has been trying to lower the difficulty of all grades, so non-core 3th or 4th grade is the equivalent of common core 5th grade. I could quite understand why a child would ask a teacher why they were being taught so poorly. Schools should be more mentally stimulating, being as around 70% of kids are smarter than 50% of adults. Yes, that was a long-winded lecture.
