Reply to Common Core question for proponents

Forum Index » Schools and Education General Discussion

Reply to "Common Core question for proponents"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

I think the point was that nobody was looking for a degree when you got hired.  They were looking for ability (and those two things don't always match up).  Now, you have to get the degree to get anyone to even consider you (no matter how you write after 8th grade).

We have become much more anonymous.  Now we need standardized testing to see if teachers are teaching.  The old methods don't work anymore.  Everything is credentials, proof, data, etc.  You can be fabulous and nobody cares if you get the right scores and look good on paper.  [/quote]

My husband didn't even have a college degree when he was hired for his first big job. He didn't finish until almost 20 years later and yet it never stopped him from better and better jobs. He finally got an Ivy-League graduate degree as well.

Here's an impressive list of high school and college dropouts. It's too bad we have such a narrow view of success these days.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleyperez/23-famous-dropouts-who-turned-out-just-fine#.ilYpn3Dxe6[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics