An alert parent in Alpine School District sent me this assignment for her junior high school child, obviously from the collection of “real-life problems” students should work on related to mathematical inequalities. I’m sure glad to see items 4-6 below are subjective because that’s what math is really all about. What do you feel good about? Then lets get children picking sides between their parents. What could possibly go wrong? Thank you Utah school board for adopting us into this nonsense! Time for a change of board members!
This is horrible. This is not a popularity contest. Stop confusing these kids and realize we need to work together. Not make the absentee rate go up. Our kids are stressed out enough.
Who knew you could turn into moral relativity?
During the campaign, Herbert asked the school board to figure out how we could exit Common Core. (Regrettably) Governor Herbert, what have they done to accomplish this and may we please see their findings?
Don’t you see the psychological classifying going on here???
Someone is trying to differentiate whether the child has a more scientific slant or a more artistic slant. Science (based in fact) versus English (highly subjective), or P.E. (games based on rules) versus Art (highly creative with few rules). Moms are considered to be more ’emotional’ while dads are considered to be more ‘pragmatic.’ Which, dear child, do you like better?
This is not about math at all. This is outright evidence of student profiling, done in the name of classifying which career that student would best succeed at.
If this type of profiling (and sharing of information on students) is allowed to continue, students will eventually be ASSIGNED a career (and educational path) rather than being allowed to choose for themselves which career and educational path they want to take.
This has got to stop!!!
You nailed it! Oucome based indoctrination for placement into the GLOBAL market. Bill Gates’ corporate cronies are all excited.
#3 isn’t even an inequality and an “=” sign is not an optional answer. Good way to have every kid in class come ask for clarification. Makes you wonder about the education of those who wrote the questions.
It’s a pretty standard question to help children understand greater/less than or equal to (gte/lte). In that case, either gte or lte are correct answers.
It’s not even close to a pretty standard question Matt. Who asks a child a question like this???
Amen! lol
Homeschool !!!!!!!
This is part of the newer common core standards which rolled out October 3, 2016 officially. It will now officially be taught in Utah. It is now important to add in some material about student FEELINGS. In addition, teachers cannot mark an answer in math wrong, but instead must write, “In my opinion, the answer would be —–.” Math is just opinion now. This is so messed up! They truly want kids who understand nothing about numbers. They want a generation of uneducated people they can take advantage of to their heart’s delight!
HOMESCHOOL NOW! You cannot wait for it to be fixed. It will only get worse! Your kids will be adults and then your grandkids will get an even worse education! Homeschool! I know it is hard, but you can do it! You can do hard things! Do the harder right!
From the perspective of a student:
I’m a 10th grader with Asperger’s Syndrome. I have been opted out of SAGE testing (yes, I know SAGE and Common Core aren’t the same thing), and have attempted to avoid Pearson altogether. I have been confronted with two issues in my Physics class