I wasn't surprised when Michael Mulgrew remarked at the AFT Convention last weekend, "I have heard the stories about how Eli Broad and [Bill] Gates and a flying saucer full of Martians designed these standards." For you see, I, too had long suspected that the Common-Core was promulgated by Martians. I just wasn't sure whether it was one misguided martian or a whole band of them.
You might have been thinking the very same thing yourself. After all, who, but space aliens, could have written and copyrighted the Common Core? Ask yourself:
1. Who, but space aliens, could have such low regard for our federal system of government so as to circumvent the reserved power of education with some tempting RttT
2. Who, but space aliens, could have such little understanding as to the purposes of testing?
3. Who, but space aliens, could have such little regard for the social and emotional effects of over-testing on Earth children?
4. Who, but space aliens, could try to link the Core to vast databases to deprive little children of their privacy?
5. Who, but space aliens, could delight in failing 70% of Earth's NY student body?
6. Who, but space aliens, could believe it's either their copyrighted standards or no standards at all?
7. Who, but space aliens, could try to lull humans into focusing upon conceptions of college and career readiness when there are too few well-paying careers left, college is too expensive and the planet is going to pot?
8. Who, but space aliens, could have such a lack of understanding of early childhood development?
9. Who, but space aliens, could delight in profiting from the development of tests that make students "wee" on themselves, vomit, bang their heads, cry and just plain give up?
10. Who, but space aliens, could want to take down students, teachers, administrators and schools, in one foul swoop?
How could aliens not have constructed this Core? Ask yourself that question. Pretty soon we may start to see pro Common-Core commercials paid for by this guy:
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