Dan,

You're talking in absolute based upon your subjective experience, which is anecdotal at best. There is a mound of evidence that supports Common Core standards. Why you insist on objecting to that is beyond me and makes you look silly. I explained to you what it is and what it is not. It clearly isn't even worthy of discussion based on your responses you posted to my explanations. You're also insinuating my support of the expensive school systems we have now, which couldn't be further from the truth. Did you even read everything I wrote?

Hell... tutoring for only a few hours each week to pay for my beer expenses sounds like a pretty good deal to me... if only schools could afford doing that anymore. The one thing I will agree with you on is that education was better back prior to my generation (again plenty of evidence to support this as well) but the way of life back then was also better, and there weren't as many [Bleeeeep!] ups, complications, or special interests interfering with children's education. It also had little or nothing to do with Common Core standards, and plenty to do with much of what I had mentioned earlier.

If you want further explanations, feel free to jump in my boat this fall and we'll float the river I ran into you on a few years back. I have plenty of beer to go around.


Matt