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10 years ago 04/03/2014 5:08am EDT

re: warrior revolution

warrior revolution wrote:
Man there are some sad folks on this thread, many of whom know incredibly little about education.
Common Core doesn't dictate the books that are read. Schools and districts can use the Common Core to meet the needs of their students, families and communities. I work on the Navajo Nation, and I can assure you that both "mainstream" public schools as well as indigenous focused charter schools can use the common core to fit their agendas.
If your district posted this list, then they decided on it. And while you may not want to hear it, MLK, Rosa Parks, Caesar Chavez, etc. are actually important figures in American society/history. This list is probably balanced with plenty of white miles. Oh yeah, in case you weren't sure, communities elect school boards.
Blanket statements about private schools, or any schools for that matter, just demonstrate ignorance. There are more than 15,000 school districts in this country, being run by elected, semi-autonomous school boards. That doesn't even consider private schools which do their own thing. Our personal experiences are just that--personal experiences. People who make universal statements based on an n=1 are either trolls or fools.

^^ This.

Oh, and if this guy's against Common Core :

http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2014/02/24/al-melvin-at-his-confused-bestworst-on-anderson-cooper

which he is, then I'm for it.

"when Democratic State Senator David Bradley pressed Melvin to explain why he was against Common Core — even though he's not actually read the standards — he said he understands "some of the reading material is borderline pornographic," and that the program uses "fuzzy math," substituting letters for numbers in some examples.

It's hard to argue with Senator Melvin, you can never really trust algebra. What's "X" doing in that equation? Isn't this supposed to be Math, not English class?"

And for more right-wing insanity over Common Core, enjoy this.....

http://www.policymic.com/articles/83139/insane-things-conservatives-have-said-about-common-core-education-standards

10 years ago 04/03/2014 6:28am EDT

re: Coach and Lit Teacher

For a teacher, you're fairly bad at explaining yourself (often correlated with being pretentious/arrogant, which you appear to be).

"Ever heard of narrative design?" Nope. But I'm oh so embarrassed about that.

Likewise, "Look at the 'stories' these parties produce." Huh?

You may have a great point to make, but you're so busy being smart and superior that you fail to make it (like many of your young students...who at least have that excuse).

10 years ago 04/03/2014 6:29am EDT

re: Weary

Weary wrote:
Every kid should know about Cesar Chavez

Who the heck is Cesar Chavez?

10 years ago 04/03/2014 10:44am EDT

re: krispy kremlin

krispy kremlin wrote:
GD wrote:
Second, if you actually stepped foot into a gender studies class (or a library for that matter), you would find that the bulk of feminist theory and research is premised on the value of GENDER equality, not the domination of men.
1. I keep hearing about a skills-gap and a need for engineers/scientists and then I read something like this and realize what the problem is.
2. Most of the feminist/social-workers that I talk to are constantly steering conversations towards "white privilege" and "white men in this country blah blah blah". The manifestation of upwards of six years of liberal indoctrination often results in a "domination of men" mentality. This might not be the purpose but it is, without doubt, the result.
A liberal mindset is an insidious and paralyzing state of being - I realized this in high school while working with friends of this persuasion. Often times it is the imposition of beliefs that they so vehemently castigate that they themselves are most guilty of.

THIS!

10 years ago 04/03/2014 12:17pm EDT

Most people who criticize "white guilt" just want a "white wash". Surely there is some middle ground?

10 years ago 04/03/2014 12:32pm EDT

re: He's SO Smart

He's SO Smart wrote:
For a teacher, you're fairly bad at explaining yourself (often correlated with being pretentious/arrogant, which you appear to be).
"Ever heard of narrative design?" Nope. But I'm oh so embarrassed about that.
Likewise, "Look at the 'stories' these parties produce." Huh?
You may have a great point to make, but you're so busy being smart and superior that you fail to make it (like many of your young students...who at least have that excuse).

Get a job. =)

10 years ago 04/04/2014 7:18am EDT

re: Alaskan Engl teacher

Alaskan Engl teacher wrote:
You realize that those are merely suggestions. Where are you getting this list? Check out some of the suggestions for 10th grade lit:
"Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g. how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare."
"Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment (e.g., Auden's "MusÃ©e des Beaux Arts" and Breughel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus)."
http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/11-12/
Shakespeare, Auden, Ovid...yeah...white guilt? These are pretty very standard. Right out of Bloom's "Canon."
The only problem with Common Core is there implementation, the standards themselves are fine.
Get a job.

Yeah, you are an English teacher. However, you used the wrong "there". But, you are an English teacher.

10 years ago 04/11/2014 12:13am EDT

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