Do you support common core?

[Famous Mortimer]

Opposing national standards in education is just bizarre. 2+2=4 regardless of what county you live in. Germany lost WWII regardless of what county you live in. Why do we need county standards?

[Famous Mortimer]

I have very little respect for people who oppose Common Core. It's one of those things where opposition signals that you're an ignorant who is easily swayed by rambling conspiracy theorists on the Internet.

Yea, because let's just take away the rights of students and teachers to learn at that classroom's pace. Because the government is better than the teacher in judging her students and what they need to learn. Standardized Testing is also BS, because you spend months studying for a test, while learning nothing.

Concerns about "teaching the test" are so stupid. Every test has to be taught for. Or do you propose testing people on random information they never learned? Or do you oppose tests in general? How will we know if people are qualified or not, if we just give everyone a gold star for attendance.

[Famous Mortimer]

No, but I would support it if federal money wasn't attached. I have nothing against the idea of states coming together to write a common curriculum, but if it is truly state-led, as its proponents would defend, the federal government ought to be neutral to its implementation.

Again, 2+2 does not change based on what state you're in. Why should it be taught differently by state? You're just knee jerk opposing something because it involves the federal government but the federal government's involvement is totally rational and justified. Also, it would lead to less bureaucracy. You're literally proposing 50 different systems all at once vs. a single one.