Common Core Math--Not Teaching Logic And Independent Thinking But Conformity And Complications. What Happens When They Get To Upper Math Classes Or Will There Be Any?

Kid’s Perfectly Logical Answer Smacked Down By Common Core Teacher

 Dom The Conservative09/29/2014Opinion

We always hear horror stories of Common Core curriculum, but what harm does it do really? Are children actually in any danger being taught another government attempt at standard education?

A picture is worth a thousand words, and with a teacher’s written correction defending an illogical common core math problem, it speaks volumes more.

“Tell how to make 10 when adding 8+5.” The problem seems confusing and unanswerable. In basic math, adding 8+5 makes 13, but not according to Common Core. The teacher explains that one must add only a portion of the 5 to 8, but then, that wouldn’t be adding 8 and 5 at all. It’s simply irrational. What happened to asking children, “what is 8+5?”

While my initial reaction was pride in this child’s simple logic and outspokenness, disappointment soon followed. Our children are being taught that simplicity and common sense is not enough, even when you come to the correct conclusion.

I couldn’t begin to count the times in high school algebra that I got a test question wrong because I didn’t work the problem out the way the teacher had showed us, regardless of getting the answer correct. So, how then will children deal with the frustration of not even being able to come to an answer, much less work these unsolvable problems out?

Common Core teaches conformity. It disciplines youths for thinking out of the box and questioning their authorities. It rewards one-way thinking, and chastises creativity and uniqueness.