Exceptional implies that there is an exception from the ordinary. Isn't each person on this planet a bit exceptional in different ways? Isn't it our uniqueness that makes the world an amazing place to live? We draw on each others' strengths and help each other with our weaknesses.
Learning should be the same way. Students should be encouraged to become exceptional in the areas that are their strengths and that they find a large interest. Students should have an opportunity to learn from one another so that their strengths shine and their weaknesses are overcome. By working together, students learn how to better function in the adult world. Every employer wants a team player!
How would you feel if their was an Exceptional Core instead of a Common Core? What if the Common Core was just a guideline to what students could be expected to learn, but yet students and their parents are asked for input as to what they would like to see their child learn that year? Don't students know a lot of their interests? Yes, there are still areas that are new to students and that they should be exposed to as they progress through school, but most students should be able to give a list of their most passionate interests. Their parents should also be able to list off things that they would like their child to learn and the strengths and weaknesses of their child.
Would you like to see more planning and communication between parents, students, and schools? How would you feel about an Exceptional Core way of learning?
Monday, December 30, 2013
Do you really want your child to be "common"?
The majority of the states across the United States have joined the Common Core. Supposedly this Common Core will help to standardized learning and bring better achievement results to American schools. But do you really want your child to be common?
Common implies that your child is the same as every other person's child. Didn't God create each individual to be unique with different talents and strengths? Isn't it our goal to help our children to reach their best potential, find what interests them, and set them on the path to a career that they will excel in and help the world to be a better place?
How will your child receive individual help to succeed when the expectation at your child's school is for him or her to be common? If your child is falling behind other students, then some support may be offered to help your child reach back to the common, or average, ranking. But what about those with intelligent children? Will the Common Core help them to reach their full potential? Or will they be held back to what is the common knowledge of their grade level?
Isn't it known knowledge that people learn through different means and at different rates. Why are we still expecting children to learn at the same rate? Why can't we allow those children who excel at certain areas to continue to grow and blossom in those areas and allow children who struggle to have a little more time and different ways to learn?
What do you think of the Common Core? Should all children in the United States become common?
Common implies that your child is the same as every other person's child. Didn't God create each individual to be unique with different talents and strengths? Isn't it our goal to help our children to reach their best potential, find what interests them, and set them on the path to a career that they will excel in and help the world to be a better place?
How will your child receive individual help to succeed when the expectation at your child's school is for him or her to be common? If your child is falling behind other students, then some support may be offered to help your child reach back to the common, or average, ranking. But what about those with intelligent children? Will the Common Core help them to reach their full potential? Or will they be held back to what is the common knowledge of their grade level?
Isn't it known knowledge that people learn through different means and at different rates. Why are we still expecting children to learn at the same rate? Why can't we allow those children who excel at certain areas to continue to grow and blossom in those areas and allow children who struggle to have a little more time and different ways to learn?
What do you think of the Common Core? Should all children in the United States become common?
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