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I feel bad for this child. Clearly she has gotten through her schooling through sheer brute force without applying very much understanding. She is likely at a grade level where building the basics back up is not possible without 1:1 attention.


Welcome to Common Core. Obviously there won't be non-sensical questions on the test, so why bother exposing kids to them in class?

Teachers are being forced, now more than ever, to optimize for test scores, at the expense of real learning.

This isn't a video about stupid kids, it's a video about a stupid education system.


Opposition to Common Core? You must be a "white suburban mom"! [1]

[1] http://reason.com/archives/2013/11/22/no-arne-duncan-white-s...




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