Common Core

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

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.

[–]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.