realethal Posted September 24, 2013 Posted September 24, 2013 http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/23/now-theyre-arresting-people-who-complain-about-the-common-core/ Small stood up out of order during a question-and-answer forum held by the Maryland State Department of Education. He interrupted Dallas Dance, the Baltimore County School Superintendent. Small explained — calmly, though not particularly fluidly — his belief that the Common Core lowers standards of education for children in the district. After Small spoke for perhaps a few minutes, a security guard confronted him. A police report alleges that Small tried to push the guard away when the guard initially confronted him. The video does not appear to show Small pushing the guard. “Let’s go. Let’s go,” the security guard said. “Let him ask his question,” someone yelled. To audible gasps, the guard then pulled the 46-year-old father aggressively in the direction of the aisle. As the guard escorted Small out of the forum, Small said “Don’t stand for this. You are sitting here like cattle.” Then he asked, “Is this America?” Thoughts? Charges were brought against him, but were later dropped.
Lowe D Posted September 24, 2013 Posted September 24, 2013 Don't have kids unless you can afford private school, or have the time and ability to homeschool?
realethal Posted September 24, 2013 Author Posted September 24, 2013 Well...private school isn't a haven of education either. Homeschooling is still looked at like a farm for inbred education in a lot of areas. Sometimes I'm happy I don't have to make decisions to things like "Should my kids be indoctrinated by the state or myself?".
ThomasDoubts Posted September 24, 2013 Posted September 24, 2013 Howard county versus Baltimore county might as well be Earth vs Pluto. Howard is wealthy, rural, agrarian and conservative in many respects. Baltimore County is not. My cousin is a Baltimore city public school teacher, and in fairness, probably a pretty poor teacher. That being said, many of those children, by virtue of thier families, or lack thereof, don't stand a chance. To pretend that the educational issues in Baltimore have anything to do with students in Howard County, Carrol County, Anne Arundel County, Frederick County, Western Maryland, is a farce. Let Baltimorons do as they wish, but why should that effect anyone else. Black is white, and centralization of power and decision making is good... The Maryland State Department of education does not represent the majority of Maryland. Montgomery County, PG County, and Baltimore are the largest voting blocks, and share a common assbackwards ideology. They drag everyone else along for the ride. I dare you to find non racial diversity of any value. http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/stateboard/Board_Members.htm The objective is to ensure equality by adopting State run standardized "shared goals and expectations for what students should understand and be able to do in grades K-12 in order to be prepared for success in college and the workplace." That the State presumes is can on average equalize the outcomes of poor fatherless children raised in the ghetto with the outcomes of children from largly intact family units, of relative wealth, is preposterous. Baltimore is like Detroit's little brother, while Maryland also has several of the wealthiest counties in the country. I don't know much about this Common Core State Standards program, but I'm quite curious now what my mother (Also a Maryland public school teacher) has to say about it. I'll ask her this evening and would be glad to report my findings. I'd also like to comment on the arrest of this man. This whole idea of arresting, and dropping charges later is so bothersome to me. If you are going to arrest someone, then stand by your decision and prosecute. Let the judgement be made in the courts, and in the court of public opinion. It seems to me like a mechanism to squash dissent, followed by benevolent mercy handed down by the State, for which one should be grateful.
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