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There are many, many posters here against the Common Core. We've posted endless links and news stories, quotes from teachers across the country, and yet you think there's no opposition. In fact, the opposition is huge, and it will grow to tidal wave force once the testing hits -- and the dismal results come in.

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Nobody has said that there is no opposition. If they did, it would be an absurd thing to say. What multiple posters have said is that opponents of the Common Core have provided argument after argument about why the Common Core standards are bad, and the discussion has gone like this:

Opponent: The standards are developmentally inappropriate.
Non-opponent: Which standard, and how do you know?
O: Well, no teachers were involved.
Non-O: Yes, they were.
O: Not REAL teachers. Anyway, the writers worked for Pearson.
Non-O: No, they didn't.
O: Well, Pearson is writing all the tests.
Non-O: No, they aren't.
O: Well, the standards aren't going to solve the problems of poverty.
Non-O: Nobody said they would.
O: Well, everybody has failed the tests every year.
Non-O: No, nobody has even taken the tests yet.
O: Well, everybody will fail the tests, because the standards are developmentally inappropriate.

And around, and around, and around.[/quote]

^ This, 1000%  When someone points out that they are misinformed, they deflect and return to another talking point.  When someone points out that they are misinformed on that one too, they deflect and go on to the next talking point...  and so on, around, around and around in a circle, never getting anywhere, and meanwhile not listening bothering advancing their own knowledge on the topic one iota, and instead just repeating the same stale old nonsense over and over.[/quote]

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