Architect Of Common Core: People Don't Give-A-S-T About What You Feel/Think

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'ARCHITECT' OF COMMON CORE: 'PEOPLE DON'T REALLY GIVE A SH*T ABOUT WHAT YOU FEEL OR WHAT YOU THINK'

by DR. SUSAN BERRY 24 Mar 2014

In April of 2011, David Coleman, the man who is considered to be the “architect” of the Common Core standards, gave a webinar titled "Bringing the Common Core to Life," that was viewed live by educators from New York State. During the course of his presentation, Coleman told participants that the most popular form of writing taught in American high schools has been personal writing, either “the exposition of a personal opinion or the presentation of a personal narrative.”

For Coleman, now the president of the College Board, however, the skills of expository and narrative writing are no longer necessary skills, as he observed to his audience, “The only problem with those two forms of writing is that as you grow up in this world you realize people don’t really give a $#@! about what you feel or what you think.”



continued...http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Governm...What-You-Think

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I suppose that's why Common Core spends so much time telling kids what to think? Make up your mind. It seems like "people" don't care what you think as long as you agree with them.

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From the Department of Would-You-Like-Some-Irony-With-That?:

For Coleman, now the president of the College Board, however, the skills of expository and narrative writing are no longer necessary skills, as he observed to his audience, “The only problem with those two forms of writing is that as you grow up in this world you realize people don’t really give a $#@! about what you feel or what you think.”

This sounds suspiciously like "the exposition of a personal opinion" to me ...