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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

More Banana Republicization of America


(Image from the cover art for the 1978 version of the game Junta)
 
Remember yesterday's post about America de-evolving into a banana republic?

Here's a story out of Towson, MD, where concerned dad, Robert Small, tried asking some tough questions about Common Core, a pending, big government, one-size fits-all curriculum.  Because of this "brazen" behavior, he was manhandled out of the meeting.

Mr. Small was nearly charged with assaulting a police officer.  Fortunately, the charges were dropped--but not without an admonition from the County's Attorney General's office declaring Mr. Small was disruptive and violated the rules of the meeting.

But then again, it wasn't really a "meeting" was it?  You know, a get-together involving two-way discussions.  Instead this was intended as a briefing with no room for Q&A.

Since I don't have any children enrolled in any K-12 Indoctrination (formerly known as "public school"), I had no idea what this Common Core was all about.

Based on the wikipedia entry and the Common Core Standards website, it all sounds great and but a few hold-out states, Maryland being one of them, are on board.

But, like Obamacare, it's what's underneath the surface that has many of like-minded folks riled.  YouTube policital & social commentator, Julie Borowski reveals some of the problems with Common Core.



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