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    A significant share of people finish common core curriculum long before graduating. That’s why AP, IB, and other advanced courses exist.

    As a former teacher, this is not how educational standards work at all.

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        common core curriculum

        That’s what common core is. A curriculum is built from a set of standards.

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          I never talked about common core itself. I said many students take classes beyond what is covered in common core because they already have learnt the content long before graduating.

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            … I literally quoted you.

            You don’t seem to understand what common core, educational standards, or a curriculum are. Perhaps you should not have strong opinions on this topic

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              You quoted me saying that people took courses beyond what is covered in common core. You said I didn’t understand educational standards, but I never made a claim about the content of common core other than AP and IB courses cover more specialized topics than what are in common core. And that is simply true. If you disagree actually articulate it rather than saying, “No, you don’t understand but I won’t elaborate”

              I too can edit my comment to add insults! Multiple times!

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                You quoted me saying that people took courses beyond what is covered in common core. You said I didn’t understand educational standard

                Yes because this is impossible. Standards re the roadmap by which curricula are built. This is sort of like saying “I’m not made of atoms, I’m made of amino acids.”

                AP and IB cover standards more deeply, but the standards are the same.

                Also I’ve never insulted you.

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                  In the field I work in I read a lot standards, have contributed to a couple, very minor changes though. A standard how I perceive it and I think many others is a number of clearly defined conditions that something must meet to be compliant with the standards. Something can usually fulfill more than what is prescribed in the standard, that is going beyond the standard while still complying with it. I haven’t read Common Core, you’re right on that, but I can read a summary of what is taught in different topics to comply with it, and those things I was taught long before graduating.

                  AP and IB cover standards more deeply, but the standards are the same.

                  And this is where I disagree, looking at summaries of what is prescribed in common core, much of what I was taught is never mentioned. Of course it’s not precluded, but an elementary school math standard doesn’t preclude teaching calculus- but calculus is beyond the standard.

                  Also I’ve never insulted you.

                  An insult doesn’t need to be, “you’re dumb”. Think about it like this, if you were telling your friend a story about how you personally witnessed someone do something ridiculous and you’re friend insisted that no one would do that so you are clearly wrong- would you feel insulted?

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                    No. If I’m wrong and you explain how I’m wrong, I do not feel insulted. I generally do not speak about things I’m not informed about, however, and rather ask questions to learn more.

                    Regardless, I apologize if I’ve hurt your feelings, full stop. That being said, the facts here are the facts. You are wrong about the initial point, I just don’t intend to make you feel bad about being wrong.

                    I strongly recommend you review standards for 6-12 - it will immediately become obvious that what I’m saying about deeper application is correct. The standards are quite broad, and there are entire guidelines and supplementary materials written for how to design curricula for varying standards. A single glance will make this picture clear for you, I’d guess.

                    Also fun little side note: the second-worst human being I’ve ever personally met was our curriculum director at the high school I taught at. It was her job to organize curricula for varying performance levels based on the educational standards. She was a terrible human being.