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[crazzyeyesassypants]

Have you tried another teacher/tutor? Sometimes, even though the main teacher could be great, other people explaining things in different ways can make things just "click" when they weren't before. I don't know your situation, but even an older sibling or parent explaining it from their perspective can help

Maybe a tutor would help, she has always struggled in math this is the first year that she actually had a B+ in her progress report (she usually has a C or C-) but I'm pretty sure her grade is going to drop now since she failed her test. I'm been waiting for years for the math to click for her, maybe this year will be her year!

 

[Ally13]

Netflix is adapting A Series of Unfortunate Events!!! I'm so excited. After Harry Potter, that series is my favorite. It better be good because the movie was horrid.

 

[AllstarObsession]

I'm selling crocheted scarves and hats and headbands/earwarmers to pay for cheer! I can't post pictures from the app, but I post stuff on my Instagram ([email protected]). Just putting that out there .

Lol @ me posting my email address instead.

#thirdshiftproblems #alwaystired

My Instagram is alyssaraelyn13.

 

[UCFKnights07]

My Cp stayed up till midnight studying for her math test and I just picked her from school and she was heart broken, she failed the test, we are hating Common Core Math! Can't be upset with her because I know she tried really hard, at least her teacher said she could do some extra credit.

Common core math is the dumbest method I've ever seen. I'm glad I graduated years ago.... Rant over

 

[Daniellerae]

So my adopted brother has abandonment issues which results in a lot of behavior problems. His principal told my parents he's only allowed to go to kindergarten in the morning and has to leave in the afternoon because he's "too difficult" after lunch, and therefore he'll have to repeat kindergarten. It breaks my heart because he's so smart, he just has so many issues that his teachers are basically trying to push him out of the way.

 

[Just-a-Mom]

Common core math is the dumbest method I've ever seen. I'm glad I graduated years ago.... Rant over

Disclaimer - I don't love or hate common core. I'm indifferent to it. It has had zero effect on my daughter. I just wish people would understand it before they get upset about the wrong issues. Instead of fighting common core, ask your school why they can't use different methods to teach the standards. The list of standards can be easily found, and are basically the same things we all learned in school - not sure why all these crazy problems that are showing up online are necessary. My daughter has never brought anything home that looked like that, and her school is common core obsessed.

Common Core is not a method. Common Core is a list of standards that children must achieve at each grade level. The common core standards (national) do not actually tell educators how to teach these standards - that's up to the state/local level. The "method" is not dictated by common core - that's something your district decided on.

I think the vast majority of people who are against common core do not actually understand what it is. The issues lie with the implementation, not the existence, of common core. So, if the method being taught is "dumb" or difficult, that's a problem with how that particular school system chose to teach the information.

I'm also curious how people who've been out of school for years know that common core is "dumb." Because you saw some some poorly written problems on Facebook and Reddit? I get parents being frustrated, but even then I think it's not common core they're frustrated with, it's the chosen teaching method.

 

[Eyes On The Prize]

So my adopted brother has abandonment issues which results in a lot of behavior problems. His principal told my parents he's only allowed to go to kindergarten in the morning and has to leave in the afternoon because he's "too difficult" after lunch, and therefore he'll have to repeat kindergarten. It breaks my heart because he's so smart, he just has so many issues that his teachers are basically trying to push him out of the way.

Oh my that's terrible to hear. Is there a way around this so he doesn't have to repeat kindergarten? Maybe something like he goes to school in the morning but in the afternoon he does home schooling with a tutor so he's still learning all the things he'll be missing in school? And maybe some one on one time with the tutor will help with the behavior problems a bit.

 

[Just-a-Mom]

Disclaimer - I don't love or hate common core. I'm indifferent to it. It has had zero effect on my daughter. I just wish people would understand it before they get upset about the wrong issues. Instead of fighting common core, ask your school why they can't use different methods to teach the standards. The list of standards can be easily found, and are basically the same things we all learned in school - not sure why all these crazy problems that are showing up online are necessary. My daughter has never brought anything home that looked like that, and her school is common core obsessed.

Common Core is not a method. Common Core is a list of standards that children must achieve at each grade level. The common core standards (national) do not actually tell educators how to teach these standards - that's up to the state/local level. The "method" is not dictated by common core - that's something your district decided on.

I think the vast majority of people who are against common core do not actually understand what it is. The issues lie with the implementation, not the existence, of common core. So, if the method being taught is "dumb" or difficult, that's a problem with how that particular school system chose to teach the information.

I'm also curious how people who've been out of school for years know that common core is "dumb." Because you saw some some poorly written problems on Facebook and Reddit? I get parents being frustrated, but even then I think it's not common core they're frustrated with, it's the chosen teaching method.

So, literally SECONDS after I posted this, my child came into my room in a heap of tears, saying she had a math assignment that was late and if she doesn't turn it in today she will get a B in math. Then she followed up with, "AND NONE OF IT MAKES ANY SENSE SO I'M NOT GOING TO GET IT DONE! WAAAAAAAAHHHH" (insert more tears here)

Lol I immediately thought I was going to have to get back on here and eat my words! But thank God it was just good old fashioned word problems about planes.

(oh, normally I would just say oh well and let her get the B, but a B in 7th grade in Chicago can be life ruining, as it pretty much eliminates 100% of her chances of getting into a high school - I let her stay home and finish it. Punishment will have to be doled out this evening)

 

[cheerKT]

So, literally SECONDS after I posted this, my child came into my room in a heap of tears, saying she had a math assignment that was late and if she doesn't turn it in today she will get a B in math. Then she followed up with, "AND NONE OF IT MAKES ANY SENSE SO I'M NOT GOING TO GET IT DONE! WAAAAAAAAHHHH" (insert more tears here)

Lol I immediately thought I was going to have to get back on here and eat my words! But thank God it was just good old fashioned word problems about planes.

(oh, normally I would just say oh well and let her get the B, but a B in 7th grade in Chicago can be life ruining, as it pretty much eliminates 100% of her chances of getting into a high school - I let her stay home and finish it. Punishment will have to be doled out this evening)

"Getting in" to a high school? Like, a public one? Whaaaat.

 

[omgitssydthekid]

Disclaimer - I don't love or hate common core. I'm indifferent to it. It has had zero effect on my daughter. I just wish people would understand it before they get upset about the wrong issues. Instead of fighting common core, ask your school why they can't use different methods to teach the standards. The list of standards can be easily found, and are basically the same things we all learned in school - not sure why all these crazy problems that are showing up online are necessary. My daughter has never brought anything home that looked like that, and her school is common core obsessed.

Common Core is not a method. Common Core is a list of standards that children must achieve at each grade level. The common core standards (national) do not actually tell educators how to teach these standards - that's up to the state/local level. The "method" is not dictated by common core - that's something your district decided on.

I think the vast majority of people who are against common core do not actually understand what it is. The issues lie with the implementation, not the existence, of common core. So, if the method being taught is "dumb" or difficult, that's a problem with how that particular school system chose to teach the information.

I'm also curious how people who've been out of school for years know that common core is "dumb." Because you saw some some poorly written problems on Facebook and Reddit? I get parents being frustrated, but even then I think it's not common core they're frustrated with, it's the chosen teaching method.

As a former education major, I do not like common core at all. Or at least the way Kansas/local districts were implementing. It makes it way too hard when there are easier ways to do things (especially math), and actually understand.

 

[Ashley]

"Getting in" to a high school? Like, a public one? Whaaaat.

Test schools, usually in big cities.

 

[crazzyeyesassypants]

Disclaimer - I don't love or hate common core. I'm indifferent to it. It has had zero effect on my daughter. I just wish people would understand it before they get upset about the wrong issues. Instead of fighting common core, ask your school why they can't use different methods to teach the standards. The list of standards can be easily found, and are basically the same things we all learned in school - not sure why all these crazy problems that are showing up online are necessary. My daughter has never brought anything home that looked like that, and her school is common core obsessed.

Common Core is not a method. Common Core is a list of standards that children must achieve at each grade level. The common core standards (national) do not actually tell educators how to teach these standards - that's up to the state/local level. The "method" is not dictated by common core - that's something your district decided on.

I think the vast majority of people who are against common core do not actually understand what it is. The issues lie with the implementation, not the existence, of common core. So, if the method being taught is "dumb" or difficult, that's a problem with how that particular school system chose to teach the information.

I'm also curious how people who've been out of school for years know that common core is "dumb." Because you saw some some poorly written problems on Facebook and Reddit? I get parents being frustrated, but even then I think it's not common core they're frustrated with, it's the chosen teaching method.

I like Common Core for other subjects but for Math no thank you, at least the way our school has been teaching it. Oh no a B can't get you into a high school in Chicago!? That's crazy to me.

 

[Just-a-Mom]

"Getting in" to a high school? Like, a public one? Whaaaat.

Yes. We have "school choice" so you apply to high school. If you are not accepted then you go to your neighborhood school. These are usually schools that have lost their accreditation and have horrible graduation rates (because they only get students who didn't get into another school). Some of them are OK, but the one we are zoned for has a 41% graduation rate and is completely taken over with gangs (my older daughter started there when we moved here - that's why she was homeschooled)

My daughter is on track to get into a selective enrollment school now, but they are done by "tier" (which is a euphemism for "politically drawn lines to make sure that white kids have the least chance of getting in, and to make sure that we don't actually have to let the best students in, just the ones we want") so she has to meet the highest level of requirements to get in. They're basically neighborhoods. To give some perspective on why I think they're political and not accurate, they're supposed to be divided by socioeconomic factors. Buuuut... I am in tier 4, the highest. Barack Obama's house is in tier 3. So, according to the tiers, my 2 bedroom apartment is in a higher socioeconomic status than his mansion.

Admission is on a 900 point scale, and the lowest score accepted in our tier over the past 3 years is 894 (in other tiers it goes down to about 825). It's ridiculously complicated, but 300 points are for grades, 300 are for standardized testing, and 300 is for the selective enrollment exam, which you are invited to take if your points are high enough in the other 2 areas. One B costs you 25 points which will put you at 875.

Right now my daughter is sitting at 600/600 based on what she's done so far, but we've got the rest of 7th grade to go before she can sit for the selective enrollment exam.

If she doesn't get in, she can go into a lottery for a charter school, which is a chance I don't want to take. Her only other options are homeschool or private school.

So, all that was just to say... Yes. We have to "get in" to a public school. So, she got to stay home and do the assignment because mama ain't havin' no B's!

ETA @crazzyeyesassypants I do totally hear you - and it suuuuuuucks that your baby is working so hard and still having tears. There's nothing worse than when your baby is suffering, whether it's emotional or physical. I hope it gets better for her!

 

[ErinS]

Yes. We have "school choice" so you apply to high school. If you are not accepted then you go to your neighborhood school. These are usually schools that have lost their accreditation and have horrible graduation rates (because they only get students who didn't get into another school). Some of them are OK, but the one we are zoned for has a 41% graduation rate and is completely taken over with gangs (my older daughter started there when we moved here - that's why she was homeschooled)

My daughter is on track to get into a selective enrollment school now, but they are done by "tier" (which is a euphemism for "politically drawn lines to make sure that white kids have the least chance of getting in, and to make sure that we don't actually have to let the best students in, just the ones we want") so she has to meet the highest level of requirements to get in. They're basically neighborhoods. To give some perspective on why I think they're political and not accurate, they're supposed to be divided by socioeconomic factors. Buuuut... I am in tier 4, the highest. Barack Obama's house is in tier 3. So, according to the tiers, my 2 bedroom apartment is in a higher socioeconomic status than his mansion.

Admission is on a 900 point scale, and the lowest score accepted in our tier over the past 3 years is 894 (in other tiers it goes down to about 825). It's ridiculously complicated, but 300 points are for grades, 300 are for standardized testing, and 300 is for the selective enrollment exam, which you are invited to take if your points are high enough in the other 2 areas. One B costs you 25 points which will put you at 875.

Right now my daughter is sitting at 600/600 based on what she's done so far,but we've got the rest of 7th grade to go before she can sit for the selective enrollment exam.

If she doesn't get in, she can go into a lottery for a charter school, which is a chance I don't want to take. Her only other options are homeschool or private school.

So, all that was just to say... Yes. We have to "get in" to a public school. So, she got to stay home and do the assignment because mama ain't havin' no B's!

ETA @crazzyeyesassypants I do totally hear you - and it suuuuuuucks that your baby is working so hard and still having tears. There's nothing worse than when your baby is suffering, whether it's emotional or physical. I hope it gets better for her!

Are you all still planning to relocate this year or no?

 

[Just-a-Mom]

Are you all still planning to relocate this year or no?

My heart says yes, but my finances say no. We're trying but it just doesn't look like it's in the cards right now. I told my daughter to plan on not moving and to do her school stuff with the assumption that she would still be in Chicago for high school, to be on the safe side.

Funny - we can't afford to live in Chicago, but we can't afford to move.

(she has a big over dramatic meltdown every time I mention moving so clearly she is not on the same page as me. She loves the city life!)