Category Archives: Education

by | October 1, 2014 · 10:15 pm

Common Core: Making subtraction as confusing as possible

Common Core Making subtraction as confusing as possible

Common Core counting the counting up method

I cannot help but wonder if the point of this demonic teaching method is to ensure that American public school children are turned into resentful and ignorant adults. It makes sense if your goal is to ensure that the United States becomes yet another impoverished nation with virtually no middle class.

Communism cannot exist where there is a strong middle class. How better to destroy OUR middle class than to destroy the public education system that has worked so well at allowing the kids of ordinary folks to develop their entrepreneurial spirit, invent cool things and create lots of jobs and products that make people’s lives better?

Communism is just Feudalism writ large, a political-economic system in which the top 2% keep all the wealth, education, health care and weapons to themselves, so they can exercise total control over the 98% who serve them.  (Trust me … the Obama girls are no more being force fed Common Crap in their pricey private school than they are being force fed the tasteless lunches their mommy insists are so necessary for public school kids.)

One school district tried to impose Common Core on homeschoolers, despite the fact that the state’s law has no such requirement. Fortunately, the parents got the Home School Legal Defense Association to force the district to back off. I wonder how many minutes it will be before that state’s Democrat majority leadership changes the law to include “and homeschoolers” in the Common Core mandate.

Doesn’t it strike you as very ODD that the Left is so PROCHOICE about killing kids in the womb, but totally ANTICHOICE about how the survivors get educated? At what point in the development of a child does a mother go from being the only one who can be trusted to decide if her child gets to live to someone who cannot be trusted to choose her child’s educational plan?!

Before the Democrats took majority control of Congress in January 2007, the Republican majority had invented a voucher system that allowed poor students who showed promise to escape the “51st in the Nation” DC public schools and transfer to one of the less-expensive private schools.  You know, the ones mostly run by … horrors … the Catholic Church, which has had a commitment to mainstreaming poor kids via quality education since … ummm … how many centuries now?

Five minutes after the Dems took charge, this voucher program was canceled and all those poor kids were forced out of their good schools and shoveled back into the “Worst in the Nation” ghetto public schools that produce little more than illiteracy, violence and despair.  But that’s what the Left wants.  They’ve been telling us this for a hundred freaking years!

About the DC voucher program

In 2009, Democrats killed the DC vouchers program Republicans had put in place, BECAUSE the teachers union gave them MILLIONS to win their elections and the teachers union does not want competition from private schools.

Nearly 74% of DC parents wanted the program restored, but it wasn’t until the GOP took back majority control of the House in 2011 that Republican Speaker John Boehner was able to make it happen.

Like his Democrat cronies in Congress, President Obama doesn’t want the DC voucher program to exist.  His budget proposals always list ZERO DOLLARS for funding it … this despite his breast-beating about how much he CARES about poor black kids.  Puh-leeze.

  • Barely HALF of DC public school students graduate from high school; 97% of voucher students do so!
  • Applications for the voucher program exceed available slots nearly 3 to 1.
  • Each voucher is worth about half the $18,000 the DC school district spends on each student, so it SAVES the taxpayers money!
  • DC parochial schools cost about $10,000 per student per year, so poor parents still have to struggle to make up the difference.
  • The private school the Obama girls attend costs $31,000 per student per year.

I support in-shop unions where the union reps are elected by employees from among fellow employees.

The teachers union is nothing like that. So far as I know, its entire income stream comes from garnishing public school teacher salaries which are provided by taxpayers.

Like any big business, its goal is to protect itself, which means it opposes anything that interferes with its income stream – e.g., right to work laws, homeschooling and tuition vouchers.  Unlike any real business,  its income stream is completely independent from the quality of its products and services. 

Public school teachers as a whole are a representative cross section of Americans, but unless they live in a right to work state, the right-wing teachers have ZERO CHOICE about how the left-wing unionistas use their union dues.  Meanwhile, the hypocritical parasites running the union pay themselves a great deal more money than the teachers they allegedly represent.

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by | September 30, 2014 · 9:39 pm

Common Core: Making the simple difficult

Why exactly are they doing this?!?!
Common Core - making the simple difficult

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by | September 16, 2014 · 3:56 pm

BEST snark I’ve seen in weeks!

Below the graphic is a letter from David Gelernter, professor of computer science at Yale University, to the Yale Muslim Students Association and its many sister organizations that have co-signed a letter protesting Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s lecture on Monday.

2014 Ayaan Hirsi Ali

I love your new free-speech concept! Obviously this woman should have been banned from campus and had her face stomped in; why couldn’t they have just quietly murdered her in Holland along with her fellow discomfort-creators? These people are worse than tweed underwear! They practically live to make undergraduates uncomfortable. But let’s deal with the harsh realities. Your inspired suggestion, having Official Correctors speak right after Ali to remind students of the authorized view of Muslim society, is the most exciting new development in Free Speech since the Inquisition — everyone will be talking about it! You have written, with great restraint, about “how uncomfortable it will be” for your friends if this woman is allowed to speak. Uncomfortable nothing. The genital mutilation of young girls is downright revolting! Who ever authorized this topic in a speech to innocent Yale undergraduates? Next thing you know, people will be saying that some orthodox Muslim societies are the most cruel and benighted on earth and that Western societies are better than they are (better!) merely because they don’t sexually mutilate young girls! Or force them into polygamous marriages, countenance honor killings, treat women as the property of their male relations, and all that. Can’t they give it a rest? You’d think someone was genitally mutilating them.

We all know that Free Speech doesn’t mean that just anyone can stand up and start spouting. Would you let your dog talk for an hour to a Yale student audience? What’s next, inviting Dick Cheney? Careful study of contemporary documents makes it perfectly clear that when the Bill of Rights mentions Free Speech, it is alluding to Freedom of Speech for the Muslim Students Association at Yale. We all know that true free speech means freedom to shut up, especially if you disagree with your betters. And true free thought means freedom to stop thinking as soon as the official truth is announced by the proper Authorities — and freedom to wait patiently until then.

Now take this Ayaan Hirsi Ali. First of all, she’s a black woman, and they’re not quite ready for prime time, know what I mean? And she’s against the systematic abuse of women in Muslim societies. What about people who are for the systematic abuse of women in Muslim societies? Furthermore, she lacks “representative scholarly qualifications.” Want the whole campus flooded with quacks expressing their so-called opinions based on “experience” and “knowledge” instead of academic authority? And she’s Dutch. More or less. Enough said.

Thank you for protecting us from having to listen to uncensored ideas and make up our own minds, Yale Muslim Students Association. Or at least trying. We will treasure your letter and keep it under our pillows forever.

Source:
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/387933/free-speech-yale-david-gelernter

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by | September 7, 2014 · 6:07 am

Elitism and school lunches

I think nothing quite shows the elitist mentality underpinning the Obamacrats’ “Rules for thee but not for me” gestalt better than the lunch restrictions mandated by Michelle Obama for public school kids versus the lunches her own daughters actually consume at their expensive private school.

Since Michelle’s federal school lunch overhaul was implemented, students and parents have been complaining that the food is unappetizing and the servings too skimpy, particularly for high school athletes and rapidly growing teen boys.  If schools don’t ask for federal reimbursement on their lunches, they can serve whatever they want. Many schools that can afford to forgo the federal reimbursement have done so.

Michelle's school lunches for public kids

However, recently even the less affluent schools have started to dump the federal menus because they have realized they aren’t selling enough lunches to qualify for the reimbursements anyway.  School nutritionists say the allegedly “healthier” mandated restrictions make it virtually impossible to prepare meals that students will actually eat. One estimate suggests that $1 billion worth of food has gone into the garbage PER YEAR since the allegedly “healthier” mandates started.

Meanwhile, Michelle Obama’s daughters eat the #1 ranked school lunches in the country at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C. If Michelle’s federal lunch standards are so HEALTHY, then why do her daughters get to eat stuff like Breadsticks & Cheese, BBQ Wings, and Black Bean & Tortilla Casserole (Tuesday, September 2, 2014 menu) and Freshly Baked Muffins, Tuna Pasta Salad, and Pizza (Wednesday, September 3, 2014 menu)?

Michelle's daughters' school lunches

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by | August 20, 2014 · 5:28 pm

Teachers NOT liking Common Core

Teacher support for Common Core

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No Common Opinion on the Common Core

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by | August 10, 2014 · 11:12 am

Left vs Right in Simple Terms

Last month at the left-wingnuts’ Netroots conference, Sen. Elizabeth “Fauxcahontas” Warren (D-MA) issued Eleven Progressive Commandments.

This week, former Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) issued the Conservative Response.

2014_08 Warren v Palin commandments

1. Elizabeth Warren: “We believe that Wall Street needs stronger rules and tougher enforcement, and we’re willing to fight for it.”

Sarah Palin’s response: “We believe that Washington, D.C. needs to take less of our money. It needs more scrutiny, fewer bureaucrats, and it needs a reminder of the principles laid down in the Constitution that our leaders swear to defend. Furthermore, we believe crony capitalism is infecting both sides of the aisle in D.C. We’re working really hard to root it out of our party. Senator Warren, what are you doing to root it out of yours?”

2. Warren: “We believe in science, and that means that we have a responsibility to protect this Earth.”

Palin’s response: “We believe in science and God’s magnificent creation overflowing with natural resources. That means we have a responsibility to honor Him by protecting the earth as we develop our resources in an environmentally sound way for mankind’s use.”

3. Warren: “We believe that the Internet shouldn’t be rigged to benefit big corporations, and that means real net neutrality.”

Palin’s response: “We believe the Internet shouldn’t be censored by the world’s tyrants. That means President Obama should reverse his disastrous decision to hand over control of Internet domain names to the U.N., where it will come under the thumb of authoritarian regimes like Russia and China.”

4. Warren: “We believe that no one should work full-time and still live in poverty, and that means raising the minimum wage.”

Palin’s response: “We believe in lifting Americans out of poverty and into sustainable jobs. That means government needs to butt out of employer-employee pay issues. And quit over-regulating business and increasing taxes. It drives up operating costs — that’s what affects wages.”

5. Warren: “We believe that fast-food workers deserve a livable wage, and that means that when they take to the picket line, we are proud to fight alongside them.”

Palin’s response: “We believe … wait, I thought fast food joints … don’t you guys think that they are of the devil or something?  Liberals, I thought you wanted to send those evil employees who would dare work at a fast food joint to purgatory or something until they all go vegan?! Wages and picket lines, I dunno, they’re not often discussed in purgatory, are they?

“We believe in America where minimum-wage jobs are not lifetime gigs. They are stepping stones to a good job with sustainable wages. It teaches work ethic. We believe in helping Americans climb the economic ladder, not get stuck on the first rung. A strong economy with good-paying jobs comes from free enterprise, not from a top-down, bloated, big-government, command-and-control economy.”

6. Warren: “We believe that students are entitled to get an education without being crushed by debt.”

Palin’s response: “We believe that students learn to not make decisions that result in a lot of debt. And we believe that schools need to be more accountable for the insane increase in tuition.  …  It’s no accident, Elizabeth, that the rise in tuition corresponds with the rise in government intervention. More government isn’t the answer.”

7. Warren: “We believe that after a lifetime of work, people are entitled to retire with dignity, and that means protecting Social Security, Medicare, and pensions.”

Palin’s response: “We believe a pension is a promise. It must be honored. We do that by using common sense and prioritizing budgets that once and for all will end waste and fraud and the crony capitalism and the stupid political decisions that are bankrupting our nation. We believe that in order to keep faith with future generations and fulfill our current commitments to our seniors, we must enact sensible entitlement reform.”

8. Warren: “We believe — I can’t believe I have to say this in 2014 — we believe in equal pay for equal work.”

Palin’s response: “We believe — I can’t believe I have to say this in 2014 — we believe in equal pay for equal work. And President Barack Obama should abandon his hypocritical practice of paying women less than men in his campaigns, in his administration, and in the White House.”

9. Warren: “We believe that equal means equal, and that’s true in marriage, it’s true in the workplace, it’s true in all of America.”

Palin’s response: “We believe that all men and women are created equal. They claim that we are not tolerant? Well, we believe that tolerance goes both ways. That means respecting people’s right to disagree with you, instead of trying to intimidate or silence us. We believe the answer to free speech that you find offensive is more free speech, not less.”

10. Warren: “We believe that immigration has made this country strong and vibrant, and that means reform.”

Palin’s response: “We believe that legal immigration helped make this country strong and vibrant. And that means welcoming law-abiding, hard-working immigrants who wish to come here legally and pledge their allegiance to the United States of America. Furthermore, we believe, as none other than Cesar Chavez believed, that illegal immigration hurts the country. It unfairly hurts working-class Americans of all races, all backgrounds who are seeking good-paying jobs, security for their families.”

11. Warren: “And we believe that corporations are not people, that women have a right to their bodies. We will overturn Hobby Lobby and we will fight for it. We will fight for it!”

Palin’s response: “We believe women have a right to their bodies, just as babies have a right to their living, breathing bodies nestled in a mother’s womb. And anyone who wants contraception, more power to you. Continue to freely buy any kind you want, no one is stopping you. We’ll fight for the right of private businesses, including Hobby Lobby, to work with you to figure out health-care coverage themselves in any way the owners of these businesses (that they built themselves) want to, knowing that government intervention just always screws everything up.

“Furthermore, we believe that religious liberty is enshrined in our Constitution, remember?  The government has no right to coerce people to violate their religious beliefs. And if they try to take any of our Constitutional rights away, we will fight for them.”

Palin had “one final thought for Sen. Warren and her would-be progressive populists.”

“We conservatives believe, as Ronald Reagan said, that you can’t be for big taxes, big government, big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy. We stand with the little guy, who is being bullied and beaten down by the progressive left’s failed policies of yours, Elizabeth Warren.  We stand for free men and free markets — the twin ideals that made this nation strong, peaceful, and prosperous. We say, God Bless America. We hope you say the same, Senator Warren.”

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Commandments
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/08/07/Sarah-Palin-Gives-Conservative-Response-To-Elizabeth-Warren-s-Progressive-Commandments

Fauxcahontas
http://humanevents.com/2012/09/04/native-american-delegates-ask-fauxcahontas-to-explain-herself/

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by | June 21, 2014 · 2:46 am

Socialists show their colors at Portland State University

Communists Shut Down Press: “We Don’t Allow Right Wing Bloggers To Tape Our Events” [4:29]

The International Socialist Organization at Portland State University tried to eject and then verbally assaulted Dan Sandini – a conservative blogger – who was legally videotaping their public event.

The socialists then called campus police to try and have him removed. The officer told them it was a public meeting and Sandini was free to videotape it.

Because of the group’s verbal harassment of Sandini and their attempt to physically block his camera from videotaping their PUBLIC meeting, the campus police shut the meeting down.

As they were leaving, the “tolerant” socialists chanted “harassment isn’t free speech” and flipped the bird at his camera as they marched past.

Hypocrisy much?

Source:
http://www.ijreview.com/2014/06/148509-socialists-harass-try-eject-blogger-filming-public-meeting-university/

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by | June 18, 2014 · 5:06 pm

School safety? Yup. That’ll work!

2d AMENDMENT Making kids safer

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http://www.ijreview.com/2014/06/148029-teachers-school-come-brilliant-way-protect-students-shootings/

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by | June 16, 2014 · 4:28 pm

Praise You, Jesus, for this young warrior!

2014_06 Brooks Hamby thanked Jesus anyway

Brawley Union School officials edited out all references to Jesus and prayer in three successive versions of Hamby’s graduation address. One administrator went so far as to redact every “dirty bits” religious reference with a black marker.

He and his parents were told that if Brooks interjected “religious content”, the sound would be cut off and a disclaimer to the entire audience made explaining the district’s position.

While Brooks didn’t want to compromise his faith and values by watering down the message, he also wasn’t interested in outright rebellion. So he wrote a fourth version and emailed it to the superintendent, principal and counselor. When it was time for him to speak, he had received no reply from them, so he used it. In part it said:

“In simply coming before you today, I presented three drafts of my speech – all of them denied on account of my desire to share my personal thoughts and inspiration to you in my Christian faith. In life, you will be told no. In life, you will be asked to do things that you have no desire to do. In life, you will be asked to do things that violate your conscience and your desire to do what is right.”

“So I will leave you with this, with a quote from the biggest best-selling book of all time in history: ‘You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot’. Be the salt of the earth, be strong and stand for your convictions and do what is right, ethical, moral, and Godly, no matter the cost to you.”

“May the God of the Bible bless each and every one of you every day in the rest of your lives.”

Nobody shut off the microphone.

Hiram Sasser, an attorney for the Liberty Institute, told Fox News’ Todd Starnes that Brooks was on firm legal ground to deliver the original version of his speech.

“It is outrageous that a government school official would demand that a salutatorian submit his speech for government review for the purpose of censoring religious speech. Even in the Ninth Circuit, no government official may censor simple references to God that served as personal acknowledgment by Brooks of something greater than himself.”

Source:
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/06/16/god-redacted-from-high-school-graduation-speech/

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by | June 9, 2014 · 8:31 pm

Beauty Pageant Answers

These beauty pageant answers became famous for making no sense whatsoever.

Miss Teen USA** 2007 – Miss South Carolina “answers” a question [:49]

Miss Utah USA Gives Worst Pageant Answer Since Miss South Carolina [1:04]

But the winner of Sunday’s Miss USA pageant got some bossy liberal panties in a bunch for saying women should learn self-defense.

Miss Nevada Interview Response [1:00]

Huffington Post’s Mandy Velez tweeted she was sorry Miss Nevada won, because self-defense, then tweeted her hope that “Nevada uses her media tour to reiterate that teaching girls self defense is NOT the best way to protect against assault.”  Ummmmmmmm, Mandy? You do know that “reiterate” means to say the SAME THING several times, right? Or don’t they bother much with vocab at HuffPo?

Cosmopolitan editor Elisa Benson said it was “icky to pretend like self defense is the answer.” The derpitude is strong in this one. Her own rag published “How to Save Your Ass With Self Defense” @ http://www.cosmopolitan.com/advice/tips/self-defense

Other LibTweeters opined that the real solution was to “teach men not to rape.” Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Cuz “let’s all be victims together” is sooooo much better than what my karate instructor told us girls, which was heavy on “kick him in the balls, then stick your thumbs in his eyes.”

**On a personal note: I was in the Miss Teen USA pageant back in the day. No, not at the high level. I was in a prelim. Our participation consisted entirely of walking on stage and having somebody point at a few girls who were kept on while the rest of us were shooed away. That was IT. Nobody ever talked to us. We didn’t DO anything but walk on to the stage, stand and smile, then get sorted and dismissed. My mom said she thought they were just putting together a nice-looking crowd of girls in a variety of colors to ship on to the next level. One of the other girls said backstage that she’d traveled with a girl who claimed she’d already been told she was going to be Miss Teen USA. I was inclined to believe it. – CtH

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