Why are people so upset about Common Core?

[Anonymous]

So here is a worksheet from the Common Core workbook for first graders. I showed this to my husband, who can code in fractal mathematics, so he's no slouch. It took him about 10 minutes to figure out what the worksheet was asking and why. I asked my 12 year old son to look at it. He could not figure out what was being asked of him.

https://twitter.com/NYCdeb8tr/status/450416183372955648/photo/1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So here is a worksheet from the Common Core workbook for first graders. I showed this to my husband, who can code in fractal mathematics, so he's no slouch. It took him about 10 minutes to figure out what the worksheet was asking and why. I asked my 12 year old son to look at it. He could not figure out what was being asked of him.

https://twitter.com/NYCdeb8tr/status/450416183372955648/photo/1

Dummy have you not been reading about the fact that New York has added stuff that is not common core?
Since when do we read stuff on Twitter and take that as gospel???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So here is a worksheet from the Common Core workbook for first graders. I showed this to my husband, who can code in fractal mathematics, so he's no slouch. It took him about 10 minutes to figure out what the worksheet was asking and why. I asked my 12 year old son to look at it. He could not figure out what was being asked of him.

https://twitter.com/NYCdeb8tr/status/450416183372955648/photo/1

Dummy have you not been reading about the fact that New York has added stuff that is not common core?
Since when do we read stuff on Twitter and take that as gospel???

The worksheet is from the COMMON CORE workbook. My nephew in MA has had similar problems. The sheets say COMMON CORE at the bottom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So here is a worksheet from the Common Core workbook for first graders. I showed this to my husband, who can code in fractal mathematics, so he's no slouch. It took him about 10 minutes to figure out what the worksheet was asking and why. I asked my 12 year old son to look at it. He could not figure out what was being asked of him.

https://twitter.com/NYCdeb8tr/status/450416183372955648/photo/1

Dummy have you not been reading about the fact that New York has added stuff that is not common core?
Since when do we read stuff on Twitter and take that as gospel???

Now tell me how you get the answer and whether or not this is appropriate for a six year old, which is the real question at hand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So here is a worksheet from the Common Core workbook for first graders. I showed this to my husband, who can code in fractal mathematics, so he's no slouch. It took him about 10 minutes to figure out what the worksheet was asking and why. I asked my 12 year old son to look at it. He could not figure out what was being asked of him.

https://twitter.com/NYCdeb8tr/status/450416183372955648/photo/1

Dummy have you not been reading about the fact that New York has added stuff that is not common core?
Since when do we read stuff on Twitter and take that as gospel???

Now tell me how you get the answer and whether or not this is appropriate for a six year old, which is the real question at hand.

That was crazy- what the hell?! Obama should be forced to complete all of these worksheets/tests before it gets passed on to the general population! See how smart he really is. Or maybe he'll actually get how stupid this Common Core is.

[Anonymous]

Argh I'm seriously just steaming at this! Who came up with this crap?! It doesn't make any sense.

[Anonymous]

I ran it by a second grade teacher. Her feeling is similar to mine: While the concept of understanding 'why' in mathematics, etc. is an admirable one, making it mandatory will be exhausting for most kids as even an adult can't maintain this deep level of thinking for 8 hours a day. And she feels we are seeing that now with the preliminary rollout.

I do believe that the teachers themselves could come up with the best ways to meet these standards without exhausting the children, and you see that in the responses from teachers here. They truly understand how kids' minds work because they are the ones in the trenches with them. But that's not what's happening.

And that's why education is best handled at the local level.

[Anonymous]

If the worksheet says "Common Core" on it, that's proof that this is something the Common Core standards require?

Nope.

[Anonymous]

Why are people so mad at tho problem? It is just a little mental math trick. We do that all the time with bigger numbers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So here is a worksheet from the Common Core workbook for first graders. I showed this to my husband, who can code in fractal mathematics, so he's no slouch. It took him about 10 minutes to figure out what the worksheet was asking and why. I asked my 12 year old son to look at it. He could not figure out what was being asked of him.

https://twitter.com/NYCdeb8tr/status/450416183372955648/photo/1

Dummy have you not been reading about the fact that New York has added stuff that is not common core?
Since when do we read stuff on Twitter and take that as gospel???

Now tell me how you get the answer and whether or not this is appropriate for a six year old, which is the real question at hand.

That was crazy- what the hell?! Obama should be forced to complete all of these worksheets/tests before it gets passed on to the general population! See how smart he really is. Or maybe he'll actually get how stupid this Common Core is.

The Obama Administration didn't create Common Core. A coalition of states did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the worksheet says "Common Core" on it, that's proof that this is something the Common Core standards require?

Nope.

Dont bother -- people are stupid.

COMMON CORE IS A SET OF STANDARDS -- NOT A CURRICULUM

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So here is a worksheet from the Common Core workbook for first graders. I showed this to my husband, who can code in fractal mathematics, so he's no slouch. It took him about 10 minutes to figure out what the worksheet was asking and why. I asked my 12 year old son to look at it. He could not figure out what was being asked of him.

https://twitter.com/NYCdeb8tr/status/450416183372955648/photo/1

Dummy have you not been reading about the fact that New York has added stuff that is not common core?
Since when do we read stuff on Twitter and take that as gospel???

Now tell me how you get the answer and whether or not this is appropriate for a six year old, which is the real question at hand.

no -- THE REAL QUESTION is: Just because you saw it on Twitter makes it true?
The real question is do you understand the difference between a standard and a curriculum?
The real question is do you understand that because someone comes up with something that may be outside/in addition to/or claim to be aligned with the so-called standard does not mean that is the fault of the standard?
Some of you people are seriously not bright!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If the worksheet says "Common Core" on it, that's proof that this is something the Common Core standards require?

Nope.

Dont bother -- people are stupid.

COMMON CORE IS A SET OF STANDARDS -- NOT A CURRICULUM

+100 Common Core doesn't make "worksheets" - those are made by various companies trying to make materials aligning to the standard. If the Common Core standard doesn't specifically say it has to be done absolutely that way (which it doesn't) and if worksheet sucks, use somebody else's.

PROBLEM SOLVED. Sheesh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If the worksheet says "Common Core" on it, that's proof that this is something the Common Core standards require?

Nope.

Dont bother -- people are stupid.

COMMON CORE IS A SET OF STANDARDS -- NOT A CURRICULUM

+100 Common Core doesn't make "worksheets" - those are made by various companies trying to make materials aligning to the standard. If the Common Core standard doesn't specifically say it has to be done absolutely that way (which it doesn't) and if worksheet sucks, use somebody else's.

PROBLEM SOLVED. Sheesh.

Who are these companies and are they new?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I ran it by a second grade teacher. Her feeling is similar to mine: While the concept of understanding 'why' in mathematics, etc. is an admirable one, making it mandatory will be exhausting for most kids as even an adult can't maintain this deep level of thinking for 8 hours a day. And she feels we are seeing that now with the preliminary rollout.

I do believe that the teachers themselves could come up with the best ways to meet these standards without exhausting the children, and you see that in the responses from teachers here. They truly understand how kids' minds work because they are the ones in the trenches with them. But that's not what's happening.

And that's why education is best handled at the local level.

Fortunately, most schools don't teach math for 8 hours a day. I know at the school we add in things like recess, and art class, and reading instruction, and science experiments, and lunch, and still send them home after 7 hours.

Kids can learn to understand the why. If they don't understand the why then they aren't going to be able to retain skills or apply them, and they'll need to learn each new thing from scratch rather than applying what they already know. It's easier to invest in understanding in the early grades than to deal with an 8th grader taking algebra who doesn't truly understand elementary skills.