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What’s best for the kids

Posted 4/29/15

In response to “Opting Out,” which ran in the April 22 edition of North Country This Week, you seem to be confused about why so many parents are opting their children out of the common core …

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What’s best for the kids

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In response to “Opting Out,” which ran in the April 22 edition of North Country This Week, you seem to be confused about why so many parents are opting their children out of the common core testing. It has nothing to do with the subject matter being difficult. The children taking these tests today will not see their grades in time to learn what they were doing wrong. The teachers will not see where their curriculum is lacking in order to help their current students. Finally, the teachers are unfairly scored based on the results of the tests. I personally feel that the time that our teachers have to spend teaching the test would be better suited teaching our children. They are teachers, not facilitators. So arguments of Americans aren’t quitters and brainwashed parents saying parents, teachers, and the teachers unions are wrong to encourage opting out are in fact saying to give up, to quit, not to fight for what you believe in. Should we just let our state and our country tell us what is best for our children and ourselves? I think not.