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Common Core Standards Essay

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Over the years education has transformed into something it never should've been. About the money.It has become more about the money rather than the true education. An article featured on the website education week started off with a great comparison. It went as follows "During the early 20th century medical scientist released a drug that could potentially terminate an illness. The drug was tested in trial runs and put out in it's raw form. This would be considered as a drug "pilot". After people suddenly died,others became extremely ill, the drug was taken off the market. If Common Core were replaced with the drug this is what we get today." Disaster.

Ok so obviously that scenario was made it but it made sense. Common Core has no actual …show more content…

Getting into middle school these days require a good track records. That is if you want your child to go to the best of the best schools. If you don't have good test scores behind your name then most likely a child won't get in.Either you fail or pass the test, there is no proficient, that is, according to Common Core. Students aren't learning at all but more so learning how to pass a test. Anybody can guess the right answer but a child must first know how to analyze then solve the problem. Common Core standards suggest that their is one way and one way only to get the answer. The answer they want that is. Even when it comes to English their is always a set of guidelines to follow. According to the former President of the Modern Language Association, Gerald Graff, thinks the English /Language Arts standards are "unnecessary and nonsensical." In other words, Common Core is basically a waste of time for kids in grade school. More and more students are worried about getting the right answer the wrong way. A seven year old girl was "stressed about taking a mastery test." At 7 years old a child for one shouldn't be stressed. This child ran away for 3 days according to the Washington Post "The girl who ran away to avoid standardized test". Yes, it is a bit of an overreaction but it's not as stupid as making kids take test that have no real meaning behind

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