Op-ed:
And the most unbelievable of all is
that Common Core is using our public schools, Catholic schools, and private
schools to indoctrinate our children into islam. 'The Five Pillars of Islam' are an integral part of Common Core
teaching
beginning in pre-k and lasting through the12th grade.
For example, students have muslim beliefs lessons where they must
watch videos, research pre-selected web sites, complete worksheets, and
create
posters about the duties of muslims.
In fact, Common Core is actually 'dumbed-down'
education with less teacher responsibility than ever before as there is NO
incentive to reach for higher standards, as all states will be judged by the
same mediocre national benchmark enforced by the federal government...the Obama
federal government.
Common Core...stealth jihad directed at America's children
By: Diane Sori
While we're all focused on the Middle East right
now, especially on Syria, a form of stealth jihad is sneaking into our
country...a form of which affects all states...all schools...and all our
children...and it's name is Common Core.
Forced on the states by the Obama administration...enabled
by Obama's federal stimulus law...Common Core will be implemented this school year in
the 46 states that have adopted it, thus eliminating local control over the
kindergarten through12th grade curriculum in those states. The adoption of Common Core means that
teaching becomes a one-size-fits-all affair that will NOT address the needs of
the 'special needs child'...neither the gifted child nor the slow learner...because
NO deviation from the standard norm in teaching is allowed.
And there will be NO escaping Common Core as its
curriculum and teaching methods will also apply to private schools and the
home schooled. In fact, many Catholic and other private schools are adopting
Common Core in preparation for college-entrance exams...exams that will be
based on Common Core criteria.
Simply put...the truth about Common Core is that it will
revamp America's public educational system and NOT for the better as Common
Core also allows for a rewriting of American history, with the new curriculum and
accompanying textbooks showing a definite slant and bias towards islam, while
at the same time mocking or ignoring America's Judeo-Christian roots and values.
And with one of its most in-your-face leftist agenda
aspects, the Common Core curriculum has, for example, replaced the world's
great literary works with what's called 'informational texts'...another name
for government propaganda. Shakespeare, Hemingway, and the other literary giants
will be replaced by 'informational texts' extolling the virtues of same-sex
marriage, abortion, drug use, and the all-important acceptance of all things
islam. Students in the lower grades will
now divide their time between literature and these leftist writings until high
school, when literary works will make up a mere 30% of English/Language Arts
instruction.
And the teaching of math under
Common Core guidelines means getting the right answer just does NOT matter anymore
as long as the student can explain the faulty reasoning they used to get to
that wrong answer. 2 + 2 = 5 is OK...just
explain how you got that answer. And Common
Core puts
many
students mathematically two years behind those of many high-achieving
countries. For
example, Algebra 1 would be taught in 9th grade NOT 8th grade as
previously taught, making calculus inaccessible to them in high school,
and this would
affect top-tier college entrance requirements.
Also, contrary to the traditional
American belief that justice is based on individual rights, Common Core teaches 'Social
Justice' meaning teachers must teach that America is an unjust and oppressive
society that should be changed.
And the most unbelievable of all is
that Common Core is using our public schools, Catholic schools, and private
schools to indoctrinate our children into islam. 'The Five Pillars of Islam' are an integral part of Common Core
teaching
beginning in pre-k and lasting through the12th grade.
For example, students have muslim beliefs lessons where they must
watch videos, research pre-selected web sites, complete worksheets, and
create
posters about the duties of muslims.
I wonder if that includes a muslim's
duty to wage jihad...as written in the qur'an.
And
even with all this, Common Core still self-promotes itself as a fair and just universal
set of educational standards that will unite all students under a common
learning system...under common leftist political beliefs...with a curriculum in
place that proponents say is designed so that every student graduating from
high school is prepared to either enter college or the workforce. But what proponents do NOT tell you is that Common
Core actually lowers school standards negating the very thing they promote
themselves as doing.
And Common Core is far from the educational panacea
that most dissatisfied with our public system of education hoped for as Common
Core remains...NO matter how it's packaged and sold...a one size fits all form of education
that ignores the fact that each child is unique...each child's learning skills
or lack thereof is unique...and each state's educational guidelines are unique.
In fact, Common Core is actually 'dumbed-down'
education with less teacher responsibility than ever before as there is NO
incentive to reach for higher standards, as all states will be judged by the
same mediocre national benchmark enforced by the federal government...the Obama
federal government.
So while Common Core proponents are in total support
of the already 'too much in control' federal government setting even more educational
standards than they already do, they fail to accept the fact that the federal
government should NOT be involved in public education at all nor should they be
setting any educational standards as public schools should be under state,
county, and local auspices with standards set within each school district to
meet the needs of the students going to school in said district.
And when you add in the specific negatives in how
Common Core was implemented 'red flags' should be waving in the faces of every
parent with school age children...'red flags' waving because Common Core was pushed
through state legislatures by unelected bureaucrats who created the Common Core
'standards' using monies garnered from special interests groups...meaning there
was NO legislative vote by elected officials reflecting the will of the people
or the will of the parents.
And in addition to all the educational negatives, schools
that have implemented Common Core have government permission to collect private
data on each student including religion,
medical, and psychological info, and to do so WITHOUT parental consent. WITHOUT parental consent... meaning once again
the federal government is butting into our personal lives and doing so without
a warrant or just cause...doing so simply because they can.
Also, Common Core does NOTHING to address how
teachers actually teach for even with Common Core standards in place teachers
will still be teaching to the test...maybe NOT the same tests that are now in effect...but
standardized tests nevertheless...with the end result being that parents and
teachers will have even less control over their child's education than they do
now.
So with a curriculum so deviated from the much
needed basics...reading, writing, and arithmetic... with a curriculum that reeks
of the leftist liberal political agenda...and with a curriculum that smells of Agenda
21 indoctrination....Common Core should be rejected by all school districts for
the sake of our children...for Common Core is rotten to its very core.
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