tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29270672.post1864336391513365838..comments2023-10-23T15:59:33.310-04:00Comments on The Newsless Courier: Common Core's Killing Kindergarten; CCSD NextBabbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11152952119296267993noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29270672.post-18872398035679488522014-01-18T10:14:38.972-05:002014-01-18T10:14:38.972-05:00God bless this teacher...and others like her/him. ...God bless this teacher...and others like her/him. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29270672.post-68654278886414713152014-01-16T18:03:33.114-05:002014-01-16T18:03:33.114-05:00There are more than a couple of Charleston County ...There are more than a couple of Charleston County School Board members who would agree with you. Let young children enjoy their childhood and allow them to progress at their own pace. This push for early performance is nuts. So is over testing, with an emphasis on teaching to the test, knowing full well the test results serve no particular benefit to the individual student.Alex Peronneaunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29270672.post-53792273974037280972014-01-16T13:52:56.617-05:002014-01-16T13:52:56.617-05:00This isn't just a problem with Common Core, in...This isn't just a problem with Common Core, in my opinion. I think U.S. public school systems, for whatever reasons, are pushing ridiculously inappropriate curricula on little kids, and have done this for some time.<br /><br />I'm 60. When I entered 1st grade in a Catholic school, my teachers didn't expect a student to know even the first letter of the alphabet. They expected that first-graders had no idea how to read, and they started from there. (As it happens, I could read - I was the only 1st grader who could - so they sent me to reading class with the 2nd graders. The weren't moronic enough to think all the other kids were deficient.)<br /><br />The U.S. would be way better off if we went back to those standards, which are far more in tune with normal child development. <br /><br />Kindergarten should be a time when kids learn to get along with each other, to cooperate, to be responsible, to communicate with their teachers, etc. It should not be an academic period. <br /><br />Clisbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05744793549029118738noreply@blogger.com