Common Core

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[–]ReeferMadness 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

The problem with education is that they want to create a system that works equally for smart kids a d dumb kids. The only way to do it is to make it impossible for the smart kids to outperform dumb kids.

Naturally that is not how the educators see it. Thier mental gymnastics goes something like this: everyone is equal therefore the difference in learning must be caused by the education system somehow favoring the smart kids.

So they aim to "fix" the system so it's fair and the only way to know when it is fixed is when all the kids get the same test results. And the only way that will happen in the real world is when they bring the smart kids down to the dumb kids level.

[–][deleted] 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Knowledge is hard to convert into words.

Necessity is the seed of knowledge. While the seed is here, the brain keeps restlessly gathering and refining data until the knowledge is created.

The root of knowledge is the many benefits it brings to its owner. As long as the owner keeps receiving pleasure from working with it, the brain will keep supporting and refining it, even when the original need is gone.

Without feeling the need, without receiving the pleasure, the brain can't have the energy to learn. Justifications and rationalizations can help gather small amounts of energy, but those who feel the need to know and those who don't, can't compete in the long run.

The fruits of knowledge are the countless ways it can be used for. Those who possess the knowledge, can access all these ways and use them to strengthen this plant.

Words are a mere description of its fruits. Schools expect kids to grow a garden through memorizing endless catalogs of fruits. The world doesn't work this way. Those who are clever, become clever outside of school.

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Extremely insightful comment, I might have added you to my friends' list just for this one, but ... you are already gone?

[–]iDontShift 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

this is what they are selling us as the reason. i blame the government involvement in education...

the federal gov got involved with the school system in 1976 or so.. we were number 1 in the world in education on many metrics.

now we are 20th or below. this has been a calculated destruction of our education system.

[–]ReeferMadness 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

All claims that racial differences are the result of racism, oppression, and poverty are designed to destroy this country. It is the jewish way.

[–]Zapped 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Good summary. Common core is not only about getting the correct answer, it's also about learning an abstract way of thinking. From what I've seen, it tries to teach the kids to use patterns and grouping to solve problems, more of the way higher IQ individuals think. Like you brought up, everyone is different in the way their brain assembles and processes information.