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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher here.  Most of my colleagues don't like the way it was implemented so quickly.  They are writing the curriculum very quickly and not giving it to us until the last minute.  We don't have time to prepare and we end up making a lot of the materials on our own.  So we are working overtime times 100 and we are burnt out.  I think it is a bit too ambitious myself but I teach in a Title 1 school.[/quote]

I agree, but it's like that with most curriculum- you're told what to teach, but not given the materials/resources to teach it. IMO, this is one of the biggest problems in education. But at least with Common Core, I feel like since it is so widespread, in a few years you will start seeing a plethora of textbooks and materials developed that support it. [/quote]

I started a thread awhile back asking if teachers would prefer to have curriculum materials or make their own up and overwhelmingly was told that teachers preferred to make their own materials and not be given anything by the county they work for. Which is it? I agree that making your own materials every day is a bit too much when you have to teach them too. No one needs a teacher trying to be so innovative every day that he or she spends more time planning than actually teaching.[/quote]

Teacher here, and I desperately wish I didn't have to make up my own materials. It is basically another full time job on top of the time I spend in the classroom. Teachers are human.  When we get home we want to enjoy our lives like everyone else. 
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I agree. I don't know why all those teachers were writing in saying they wanted to do all of it on their own. For some lessons, sure, but why every day you want to be a publisher and a teacher is beyond me. I can see why a school system would be confused though. They get blamed if the curriculum is too structured. Of course, teachers should be able to teach to the level of their students, but why wouldn't they want some resources to help them?[/quote]

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