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  Reports are flooding in that Kids subjected to these Common Core standards are shutting down, begging not to go to school every day. And they are in KINDERGARTEN!

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Reports are also flooding in that kids subjected to these Common Core standards like school and are learning math. Or, at least, those are the reports at my house.[/quote]

If you learn in a particular way, you will like the Common Core. If not, you are are deemed stupid and worthless. [/quote]

The Common Core math and English/language arts standards say that kids at this grade level are supposed to be able to do this thing. They don't say anything about world civilization units or Mesopotamia. They don't say anything about the classes the schools should have. They don't say anything about how teachers are supposed to put together or grade tests. All they do is say things like:

"Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s" (a second-grade math standard)

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[b]"Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.[/b]" (a second-grade English/Language Arts standard)

Please tell me the connection between these standards and deeming children stupid and worthless if they do not learn in a particular way,.[/quote]

If you have a language based learning disability or autism, being able to "ask and answer who, what, where, when, why" will likely be unobtainable in 2nd grade.  They could do the work in another way, but because if forces discussion, they are immediate failures.

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