more common core

[wesw]

holly has a couple of years in at del. tech, and is now working towards a degree, or two, at Wilmington university.

apparently her math credits will not be allowed to transfer, because they aren t common core compatible or some such nonsense...

...now she was taking some pretty difficult stuff, her statistics class wasn t easy...

we discuss a lot of her other classes, and she often consults me (I do have a vast warehouse of knowledge and am overflowing with insight and understanding of the deeper universe )...., but she is on her own with the math classes.

it s not that I m unable to do them, and I do wish that I knew more about calculas and trig and graphing, just so I could build cooler stuff. but I just find certain types of math and calculation to be tedious to the point , where I would rather pull nose hairs..

anyway, she has taken all these tough math courses and was so proud that she did great in them, as was I, and now these accredited courses count for nothing and she is taking her first math at Wilmington university...

and it is moronic! it is an introduction to ideas or sme such crap, and they are teaching how to do simple division in new and better ways....

moronic. we are building morons. our colleges are building morons.

they are teaching in a way that only the really slow people benefit from.

cray cray!!!! (to speak in a language that a recent college grad will understand...)

[oldr_n_wsr]

It's a race to the bottom
I am so glad my kids are done with school.
And they wonder why so many first year college students have to take high school mathematics.
They do it on purpose so they can suck more than 4 years worth of tuition out of you.

[MajGenl.Meade]

Don't be so limited, oldr. Far too many first year college students suck at English, reading, history, geography.... in fact, education in general has escaped them.

To an extent, it's not just the teaching methods, it's also that Senior Year in high school which seems to consist of Study Hall and Go Home Early. My children and grandchildren are my evidence of a wasted year.

It didn't matter so much many years ago when manufacturing jobs were available. The non-academically inclined had places to go and (remunerative) things to do. Nowadays, parents think all kids must go to college (and preferably free - vote Bernie) and most/many kids expect to get 5 years off before they have to work for a living.

I've heard kids say "I've worked hard at school all my life - so I need a break" as they contemplate college. They don't mean a break doing a job but the first year of uni is supposed to be kinda fun, like

[oldr_n_wsr]

parents think all kids must go to college

The big lie that is fed to the parents. Yes, my kids went to college one finished (in four years) the other dropped out after 3+ years. Both are doing great although I do wish I didn't "push" college on my son, I coulda saved a bunch. He is now a finishing carpenter making over $50 an hour. I taught him almost everything he knows about woodworking
High School had eliminated woodshop otherwise he may have found his skill/love earlier in life.

[Econoline]

I forget when or where I first saw this...but it's true:
"If everybody has a college degree, then nobody has a college degree."

[Bicycle Bill]

I forget when or where I first saw this...but it's true:
"If everybody has a college degree, then nobody has a college degree."

It's from "The Incredibles":



-"BB"-

[wesw]

it will breed contempt.