Comedian Louis C.K. spent a good deal of time Monday night expressing his frustration with the Common Core State Standards, the education guidelines that have been adopted in more than 40 states, on Twitter. C.K., who has two young daughters, tweeted out example questions from their tests to show just how absurd he believed the new standards to be.
My kids used to love math. Now it makes them cry. Thanks standardized testing and common core!
— Louis C.K. (@louisck) April 28, 2014
A huge amount of my third graders time is spent preparing for and answering questions like this. pic.twitter.com/WU5tEo8JRO
— Louis C.K. (@louisck) April 28, 2014
This is one of my favorites. Also for third graders. Who is writig these? And why? pic.twitter.com/xUBVIxE6WU
— Louis C.K. (@louisck) April 28, 2014
Look at 4 of part a. And the point isn't that it's too hard. Just read #4. Please. pic.twitter.com/5bnUlaXG5b
— Louis C.K. (@louisck) April 28, 2014
Here’s how he’s helping his kids deal wit the frustration:
"Why night you want each picture to stand for more than 1 balloon?"
Yet again I must tell my kid "don't answer it. It's a bad question"
— Louis C.K. (@louisck) April 28, 2014
Soon, C.K. moved on to sharing his thoughts on learning and education in general, including his defense of the New York public school system:
Sorry. I sit with my kids as they so their HW they devour knowledge. When it's hard they step up. Their teachers are great
— Louis C.K. (@louisck) April 28, 2014
But it's changed in recent years. It's all about these tests. It feels like a dark time. And nothing is going in anymore.
— Louis C.K. (@louisck) April 28, 2014
It's this massive stressball that hangs over the whole school. The kids teachers trying to adapt to these badly written notions.
— Louis C.K. (@louisck) April 28, 2014
these questions btw were not written by her teacher. they were on a standardized test. written by pearson or whoever the hell
— Louis C.K. (@louisck) April 29, 2014
Okay I'm done. This is just one dumb, fat parent's POV. I'm pissed because I love NYC public schools. mice, lice and all.
— Louis C.K. (@louisck) April 29, 2014
Before he signed off, while even more people than usual were paying attention to his feed, C.K. got in a plug for the new season of his show Louie, which premieres on Monday, May 5th:
Ok last thing: LOUIE comes back on FX Mondays at 10pm starting May 5th. 2 episodes every night for 7 weeks. Okay bye gang.
— Louis C.K. (@louisck) April 29, 2014
The Common Core standards have become a punching bag primarily for those on the right recently, with possible 2016 GOP candidate Jeb Bush standing alone in his support of the initiative. Meanwhile, the Obama Administration’s education secretary Arne Duncan has been one of its biggest champions.
[h/t POLITICO]
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