So perhaps you have heard about the development of a national common core of education standards for our country. On the surface, it seems like a great idea.
The problem is that, as usual, the wrong people are doing the work. Governors are deciding. With state school chiefs they appointed.
Let's see. What analogy can I draw that would properly communicate the absurdity of this whole thing?
Oh - I know. I will put myself in charge of drafting national standards and codes for new home construction. Wouldn't that be awesome? I will decide what kind of wood you can use, how thick the foundation will be, what kind of land on which you can build. And I will get a bunch of my teacher friends to form the committee to help me.
Think that would work? We would end up with some beautiful and stable houses, right? I have no knowledge of anything related to construction beyond the 10th grade geometry and 11th grade trigonometry I took almost 30 years ago.
Would you live in a house I built?
But these people, who are NOT doing the work of educating the kids, who do NOT know anything about carrying out this sacred task, are going to decide what every child across the country should be reading.
And if we refuse to follow, we don't get the money Obama has set aside to assist education. In my book, that's extortion.
Take a look at this article for more information. It will blow your mind.
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