Frustrated Dad writes note in response to Common Core Math problem - awesome! =)

You should see my child's kindergarten math homework. This core standard shit is bogus! They have about two days to spend on any one subject. If you don't get it, too bad! We have no time to help your child. We have so much stuff to cram down their throats we just don't have the time to help..... Sry

Last Edited by Mr. NorM on 04/01/2014 09:02 AM

Common core the liberals wet dream ,it sucks big time

Maybe English class would help in knowing the difference in "to" and "too".

Hmmm....

It's just schoolwork. YOU are making it difficult.

Not understanding your logic here. I spend plenty of time before dinner every night with my son talking about his day and looking over his homework with him.. It's the school that has no time for the children not the parents...

I'm sure now that I fixed my post you will remove your comment...
Oh wait, your just a ac. That figures

When I was in school, dumb kids like yours were in remedial classes so as not to slow down the fast paced learning environment intelligent students require. Don't feel bad, maybe Junior can join the Army with all the other D students.

Wow, didn't realize you knew so much about me. Congrats on being a telepath.

Apparently you are supposed to find the error and write how "Jack" came to the wrong answer, 121, and show how the correct answer is 111. The math isn't as important as the process and is supposed to encourage the student to express himself.

I like to joke about the old way mathematics was taught:

If Sally has 3 apples and Johny has 3 apples and an orange, what color are the 6 watermelons Jack has hidden in his desk?

So what kind of common core math problems do they study in KINDERGARTEN? Lol
You're such a liar.

Just ignore. I get where you are coming from. I help my kids with their homework as much as I can, but when the school doesn't take the time to teach kids, and instead throws this kind of crap at them, what can you do?

I get what the problem is asking. My issue, however, is how teacher will mark a student down for "not showing work", even if they have the right answer. My oldest is like my husband - can do a lot in his head, gets the right answers, but has trouble showing it exactly how the teacher wants it shown. It's crap to mark points off for that.

I have one in 4th grade, one in 1st grade (and my youngest is 3 years old) - I've seen it, it's ridiculous.

If anything the system goal should be to discover what a student's passion is and then taylor their education around that. Start that process earlier and the need for a college education, or the amount of time and money needed to be spent on college would be much less. Knock the basics out then get them going on something they want to do.

Obviously my idea doesn't start in the 2nd grade but it should definitely be in the high school arena. Teach math, read the literary classics, learn some grammar, some science, sociology, and history, then get working on what you love. That should be the focus instead of training kids in government mandated "facts" using a government mandated method, so they can go to a college and get enslaved into government owned debt to go get a boring job they hate for 15 years to pay off that debt.

Terrible enslavement cycle we've created.

Totally agree.

School is not a place for children to grow

Oh look, here's a dumbfuck libtard.

[link to www.breitbart.com]

Plenty stuff to explain why common core is such crap.

If you think kids aren't studying math problems in kindergarten, you're behind the times. That's kind of what we are talking about here. Things have changed. They are expecting a lot even from 5 year olds.

Wanna know why all the doctors are foreign? Because of lazy people like you.

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What can you do??? Part of the problem is that parents have wholly passed their kids off to the government schools and then act dumbfounded and complain. It is not the governments job to raise and educate your kids. Get them out! That's what you can do.

That was pretty low AC even for this forum! Not only that, your comment about the army was really uncalled for. Many of our children join the army to get money for college because neither they nor their parents can afford it. Many of these "D" students complete their college as well! I happened to know a few and they are very, very bright.

:racist5:

Do you have kids in school and have you reviewed the new Common Core curriculum? I was just wondering.

^^This

Yes, I have 2 straight A students. Thanks for asking.

Even speaking with my child's teacher. She also agreed that she doesn't have enough time to spend on a subject before she has to move on. She says they don't demand she move so quickly, but there is so much stuff to go thru that she has to move quickly. Granted my son is only in kindergarten. I'm just lost to the fact that the childrens test scores are the only thing that the school department knows. They don't care that they can't focus from all the stuff being jammed down their throats.
The teacher spend one week on a bunch of problems and subjects. Then gives a test! After the test no matter how the child has scored, they move on. She told me she is worried because they will be expected to know all these things going into 1st grade.
Not making excuses for the kids. Yes, some of them are subject to shity parents. Most are encouraged at home, but it's just not enough sometimes.

If you have something valid to add to this discussion, fine, but if you are only going to attack other people, I will keep removing your posts, as doing so is not adding anything valuable to the discussion.

My 5 year old son came home yesterday and we went over his day. He learned the states of matter.
Kindergarten has changed quite a bit.