30 December 2013

Guidelines for My Children While They Endure the New Common Core Curriculum

A Guest Post by Gwendolynn Britt, copied from the facebook Common Crud group with permission.

- Math is a LAW, it is not subjective. If the final answer is wrong, then it’s wrong. It doesn't matter if everyone feels good about the steps you took to get to that wrong answer.

…By the way, ‘Mental Math’ is done in your head. Don’t write out your steps, I don’t care what the assignment says, I’ll deal with the teacher if need be.

- Once you've learned cursive, you will continue to write in cursive, regardless of your teacher’s instructions.

- You will only take tests that measure your skills so that the teacher may review your progress. That’s it! You will not waste time on tests that are meant to measure others.

- If you see the word ‘Citizen’, you are being manipulated.

- There is no such thing as global warming or climate change, it has been dis-proven. Any references to these are attempts to manipulate your behavior.

- Do not allow anyone to take ANYTHING from your body, finger prints, hand scans, eye scans, saliva…and anything else I didn't think of.

- The Constitution is the supreme law of the land (not the United Declaration of Human Rights). It’s not there to feel good or to ensure fair results. It is there, in part, to make sure no one takes away your God given rights (or natural rights of man).

- Do not reveal personal information about our family, it’s nobody’s business. This includes things like our political affiliation, whether or not we possess firearms, our religion and so on.

- If you see anything that you think is strange, wrong or inappropriate, bring it to my attention immediately.

2 comments:

  1. So setting up your kid for trouble at school to justify your own political views is ok? How will your child assess the test to determine if, by your rules, it should be taken or not? Recall that while you might see your kids teacher at school for an hour or two per month, your kid sees that teacher eight hours a day, five days a week. When you mock the teacher with asinine personal rules and make work, you should realize that any blow back or resistance from the teacher will... Do what? Hit your kid first. But hey, at least you'll have your political purity to cling to.

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    1. Hello, Snertly. I don't think my guest is setting up her children for "trouble," as you call it. Good parents issue guidelines to their children and hope the child errs on the side of caution, which to my mind in this case means calling the parent when she's not sure how to proceed.

      One guideline during a disagreement, unspoken but I'm sure assumed here, is to be polite. How about trying that next time you want to make a point? First off, you're being rude to me and my guest and second? Any point you might have made won't be taken to heart with a tone like that.

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