A Midsummer Night's Rant

[rlogan 2,036]

Common Core is already being rejected by a growing number of states, and the latest Federal Act - the "Every Child Succeeds Act" (lol!) removes the whole enforcement mechanism for Common Core. Although it is already dead as a practical matter, the stupid texts and the tests they are teaching to are still out there doing the damage common sense tells you they will.

The sole mathematician on the committe that gave us this bizzaro-world of common core math resigned over this: It is developmentally inappropriate to force children to learn what base-10 math is before they can add 9 + 2 = 11. It is confusing, tedious, and also unfair to remove the incentive and joy in getting correct answers.

We're doing algebra and calculus at six. You can google teaching calculus at five, there's an article in The Atlantic on that. It's a pretty good periodical as far as popular literature goes, but most of the stuff we read is in peer-reviewed publications you need to get through a University or pay the ghastly fees ordering articles. Our Kindergartner is reading at 8th grade level, the pre-schooler at 4th grade. It has taken a lot of effort but there are more and more of us each year. Kids like this, we're along the same proximate age trajectory:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/10-year-genius-graduates-high-school/story?id=24078913

We followed Common Core closely because even though we aren't subject to it, David Coleman (One of the original Common Core profiteers) on the strength of his "success" at Common Core before it was even written and doing the damage it is now doing - was hired on with the College Board, which does the SAT tests. By the time our kids get that age he will have been long gone, but he'll do some damage in the meantime.

[SAT 9,609]

There's a pic of the monster shrimps from New year dinner #1 in the bucket.

[TBoneTX 45,259]

Tbone you may want to call the company or google if something is defective with that vacuum. No way should it have done that.

We have the receipt and can take it back within Many days, gracias D ma'am. We shall do so tomorrow, return man.

You've already been dundant, and redundant. You're working on Re-redundant......

That would be redundant, which, in that we have already been both dundant and redundant, would be dundant, redundant, and re-dedundant, see man.

I'm all congested.....

Be degested, blow man.

We have felt pretty bad all day, hopefully not getting sick no man.

[TBoneTX 45,259]

godfather's birthday.

Is his name Vinnie, or Guido, huh man?

I can walk in and say my name is "Barrack Obama" and they'll give me an ID.

Then you could executive-order the mandatory ownership of at least one pre-owned toilet seat per household, you scratch our back we scratch yours man.

1 Many Many. All fooks.

Population figure precised, see man.

Target doesn't play music.

A haven among the auditory assault in the rest of the retail world, egad man.

monster shrimps

Oxymoron, see man.

[TBoneTX 45,259]

Gnu Year's Day report, see man:

Got to bed at Many a.m., too late man.

Awoke at Many a.m. in prep to call neighbor for electrical help, too early man.

Neighbor never responded, no man.

At least Many,000,000 degrees F. colder downstairs than up, freeze or boil man.

Mrs. T-B. goes to gym, workout she man.

We play Legos, etc. with bored, cabin-feverish Many-year-old, we man.

We shave in prep for scheduled dinner with returning-from-Ecu cousins, anathema man.

Cousins' plane reservations hung up in Miami, debacle man.

Dinner canceled, shaved for ZERO grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr man.

Take dead-to-world nap (with cat), we and miu zzz man.

Neighbor comes over, unbeknownst to us man.

Neighbor tests power to two dead GFCI outlets, probably a breaker man.

Mrs. T-B. calls Mexican electrician, both good & cheap man.

Identifies "soft" breaker and resets, fixes problem man.

Installs new GFCI to replace old one, si man.

Charges only $Many ($2x2x2x2+2+2) for visit, whee man.

We are getting sick too, fear we man.

Shall nuke selves prophylactically with antibiotics, die Little Beesties man.

Weather not cooperating, cold windy drippy Nueva-York-type stuff man.

Surprisingly, Many (2+2+2) GSs being held tomorrow, serendipity man.

Might attend some or all, if not sick man.

Must return vacuum cleaner for trade-in, pain man.

[SAT 9,609]

We have felt pretty bad all day.

Yeah but that's normal for you...

[TBoneTX 45,259]

But at least we LOOK good, unlike some others man. Ask the rubias, she she she she she she man.

Edited January 2, 2016 by TBoneTX

[SAT 9,609]

Mrs. T-B. calls Mexican electrician, both good & cheap man.

Identifies "soft" breaker and resets, fixes problem man.

Installs new GFCI to replace old one, si man.

Charges only $Many ($2x2x2x2+2+2) for visit, whee man.

Tomorrow, your lawn mower will be missing...

[TBoneTX 45,259]

We don't own a cabrito, man.

[SAT 9,609]

We don't own a cabrito, man.

You'll also not own any hub caps on your precious Pontiac.....

[TBoneTX 45,259]

We shall apprise the new (delighted) owner of this, gracias man.

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

There is so much eye roll level bragging that I can't even.

You are aware that genetics play some part in reading and math skills? I've probably put way way more hours in than any homeschooling parent towards reading proficiency and am simply celebrating that we are at grade level right now. Must be nice not having to bang your head into a brick wall multiple times a day whilst your kid forgets and forgets and forgets, so much hard work for you.

[TBoneTX 45,259]

Dilemma, quandary man.

Have scoured forums for response and company-man items, complete man.

Watched early TV news for weather report, late news redundant now man.

Been dragging all day despite nap, what a drag man.

Mini-B. in bed; Mrs. T-B. zzz-ing with him, wee and she man.

Too tired to do much around casa, weary man.

Should nuke self with medicines and sleep for Many hours, zzz man.

However, too early for bed, incredible man.

Dilemma, quandary man.

[TBoneTX 45,259]

Just took temperature, to see man. Many.Many degrees F., normalcy man.

[SAT 9,609]

we haven't heard from Stretch all day.

May be she spilled juice on her keyboard again......

Just took temperature, to see man. Many.Many degrees F., normalcy man.

92.3?

Should nuke self with medicines and sleep for Many hours, zzz man.

Try a ketamine.......