Blog PhD Mom Blasts Common Core in Letter to Obama: Here’s a Test Eva Has to Take but Malia & Sasha Don’t Share This Post Education / Government / National News / Politics PhD Mom Blasts Common Core in Letter to Obama: Here’s a Test Eva Has to Take but Malia & Sasha Don’t By redkudzu_admin on April 21st 2014 No Comments / 85 views When a mother who works as a literary consultant for urban schools allowed her seventh grade daughter to be a Common Core test case subject, she was unpleasantly surprised by what she discovered. The mother was so concerned with the reactions from her daughter after she took the test, that she penned a letter to President Obama, outlining her grievances. By JUSTEN CHARTERS According to the letter, these were the feelings that pulsed through her daughter during the test: “These are such weird questions.” “This test is crazy.” “This is a stupid, impossible test.” The mother wondered if her daughter was just being melodramatic, so she decided to try to answer a few of the Common Core tests for herself. Here was her reaction: “I have a Ph.D. in English, I’ve been in college and high school classrooms for over 20 years, and for much of that time I’ve trained and coached high school English teachers. I was shocked that the ninth grade test included an excerpt from Bleak House, a Dickens novel that is usually taught in college. I got seven out of 36 multiple choice questions wrong on the eleventh grade test. And I had no idea what to do with this essay prompt on the third grade test.” Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Login with: Continue with Facebook Continue with Google Continue with Twitter Common Core Education Obama Political Share This Post redkudzu_admin The goal of this site is to give information. Whether from national sites or locally in Georgia. Related Articles U.S. Yogurt billionaire asks businesses to hire more foreign refugees June 13th 2016 Alveda King: Obama took nation back to segregated ’60s August 2nd 2020 Rep. Adam Schiff’s Congressional Career Aided by Soros-Financed Groups December 12th 2017