Everything Obama Touches, Turns to Trash
by Dave Hodges
TheCommonSenseShow.com
10 Jan. 2015
I am not going to mince words, Common Core makes the claim that its philosophy and mandates makes a child college ready. THERE IS NOT ONE SHRED OF RESEARCH BASED EVIDENCE THAT PROVES THAT THIS IS TRUE! And you should not be surprised. Can you name even one Obama inspired program or edict which has improved your status as a middle class citizen of this country? I am waiting…. Please, just name one…. Let me review a few of Obama’s major initiatives which have not worked and are classified as abject failures:
1. His Iraq policies
2. His handling of the Ukrainian crisis.
3. The implementation of the Affordable Heathcare Act.
4. The effectiveness of Obama’s last two bail outs of Wall Street.
5. The general handling of the economy which has witnessed 146 million Americans on some form of federal welfare.
6. The destruction of America’s war fighting capabilities.
7. If we continue on our present course, we will be able to place Common Core in this slot.
I do not want to be accused of unfairly criticizing President Obama. So, again I ask, what has Obama done to help your family in any meaningful act by the government that he has had some measure of control over? I am waiting…. still waiting …. That is what I thought. Welcome to Common Core. And Common Core is just one more example of everything that this President touches turns to excrement.
The Value of American Education
It is easy to become a doom and gloom prophet with regard to American education. In many ways, American education is strong in many different areas. Generally speaking, the more education one receives strongly correlates with gross income. We can talk about reading comprehension scores, etc., all we want, but if the number of years of spent in school is matched with rising income, then the schools, in large part are doing their job. However, there is an elephant in the room and it is Common Core.
The American public is constantly bombarded with mantra that American education is decidedly inferior to its foreign counterparts. This is patently untrue. When the test scores of American students are compared to foreign students, it is not an “apples to apples” comparison. American schools, based upon mainstreaming nearly all children, tests everyone. Foreign schools test the students in high school who have not been tracked out to training for menial labor careers. In other words, these so-called international comparisons consists of all American children vs. the elite of some foreign country. The system of comparing American education to that of foreign countries is flawed on its face and renders the comparisons to be meaningless.
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