Quote Originally Posted by Deep View Post
As a 40-something with grade school kids.

That's good comedy right there.
I talked with my wife about our youngest son, who graduated in 2016.

Common core took hold in 2010; the kid doesn’t have legible writing skills, as in cursive.

He is a wizard at most anything else, despite the public school system.

He could do pretty complex math problems in his head( thanks to my nephew); teachers thought he was cheating until he showed them they gave him problems, and he’d solve them faster than the teacher.

No calculator, pencil, or paper is used, and he counts his fingers.

Go figure.

He is a child of an old school upbringing where I had him helping me renovate houses at seven years old.

A Karen once threatened me for having him slide me shingles on a 3/12 patio roof.

My response: "Better to learn a skilled trade than play video games all day; move along." He always gets fantastic reviews for his work ethic, quality, speed, and efficiency.

He has a building trades degree, but he likes machines, so he is an operator and seems to enjoy it.

I'm not a fan of our new indoctrination centers masquerading as schools and college campuses.

Ok, rant over.

Common core: my truck knocks down 225mpg. 2+2=5