Common Core promoting Islam!!!!

[morningstar2651]

Apparently Common Core vocab lesson plans discuss Muhammad in a positive light, while forbidding the discussion of other religions.

High School: Islamic vocabulary lesson part of Common Core standards | Fox News

Another source:
High school Common Core lesson promotes Muhammad, Islamic faith - Spokane Conservative | Examiner.com

Religion is not part of common core.
Religion is not part of public schooling.
Fact check your articles before posting.

The Common Core is a set of high-quality academic standards in mathematics and English language arts/literacy (ELA). These learning goals outline what a student should know and be able to do at the end of each grade. The standards were created to ensure that all students graduate from high school with the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in college, career, and life, regardless of where they live. Forty-three states, the District of Columbia, four territories, and the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) have voluntarily adopted and are moving forward with the Common Core.

 

[poolerboy0077]

This article is hilarious.

UPDATE: I asked the school district if there had been similar vocabulary assignments about Judaism, Christianity or other religions. I also asked for the exact dates of those assignments. Here’s the reply I received from the school district:

"The class recently finished reading Night by Elie Wiesel. As part of the study of this book, students were exposed to Judaism. I'm told that one of the next couple of lessons that will be taught in this class includes an examination of Psalm 23 as part of the lesson. Additionally, the workbook in question has another vocabulary lesson with words used in a passage about India's three great beliefs (Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism). Keep in mind that this workbook is just one of numerous resources used in the course. Students are exposed to various cultures, values, and beliefs through the reading of multiple types of literature, but teachers certainly aren't advocating for any of them.”

Notice how the school district dodged my question?

This person is determined to become offended, aren't they. So hilarious.

 

[TLK Valentine]

This article is hilarious.



This person is determined to become offended, aren't they. So hilarious.

And will be offended no matter how hard he has to work at it...

Sounds like the district is giving Judaism and Christianity a lot more exposure than a simple vocabulary lesson -- so what's got his knickers in a twist?

 

[Savior2006]

And will be offended no matter how hard he has to work at it...

Sounds like the district is giving Judaism and Christianity a lot more exposure than a simple vocabulary lesson -- so what's got his knickers in a twist?

The more important question is how can we make this Obama's fault?

 

[Standing_Ultraviolet]

Sounds like the district is giving Judaism and Christianity a lot more exposure than a simple vocabulary lesson -- so what's got his knickers in a twist?

It's pretty simple. Anyone who claims that Jews are involved in some massive conspiracy to indoctrinate the youth through the public school system, particularly in the context of a study on the Holocaust, will come across as a roaring anti-Semite. As far as Christianity is concerned, most people who criticize the "teaching of Islam" in public schools would react very badly if this situation were reversed (ie., if the vocabulary assignment had words like "Eucharist" on it and were being criticized for that). Islam's just a safe target.

 

[Sistrin]

Religion is not part of common core.

Which means there should have been no mention of Muhammad in the assignment.

Religion is not part of public schooling.

Of course it is, the church of liberalism holds service five days a week.

Fact check your articles before posting.

The Common Core is a set of high-quality academic standards in mathematics and English language arts/literacy (ELA).

You have obviously never dealt with common core.

Sounds like the district is giving Judaism and Christianity a lot more exposure than a simple vocabulary lesson -- so what's got his knickers in a twist?

Just curious. Have you ever read Night by Elie Wiesel?

 

[Brigid48]

Apparently Common Core vocab lesson plans discuss Muhammad in a positive light, while forbidding the discussion of other religions.

High School: Islamic vocabulary lesson part of Common Core standards | Fox News

Another source:
High school Common Core lesson promotes Muhammad, Islamic faith - Spokane Conservative | Examiner.com

LOL, Why did I know before I clicked on this thread that we'd be hearing from Todd Starnes (AKA Professional Paid Liar) LOLOLOLOLOLOL!

 

[Brigid48]

"not replying" =/= "does not have them". It could just as easily mean that they know the huckster that Mr. Starnes is and have no interest in him adding to his list of lies about schools using their school and have no interest in any sort of contact with the man.

 

[morningstar2651]

You have obviously never dealt with common core.

Why is that obvious? It's wrong. I know what common core is and I work professionally in education. Unless you work for the federal DOE, I highly doubt that you have a better understanding of common core than I do.

What do you think common core is, and why do you believe that? Have you even read the common core website?

 

[morningstar2651]

"not replying" =/= "does not have them". It could just as easily mean that they know the huckster that Mr. Starnes is and have no interest in him adding to his list of lies about schools using their school and have no interest in any sort of contact with the man.

Some people will believe anything if it makes the opposing political party look evil.

Remember the death panels we were promised?

 

[Sistrin]

Some people will believe anything if it makes the opposing political party look evil.

Yep, liberals prove that every time there is any sort of incident they can politicize in order to advance their agenda. That was proven following the Tuscon shootings, following the Zimmerman incident, following Ferguson, Newtown, 9-11, the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case, Fast & Furious, the mass border violations, yada yada yada...

Remember the death panels we were promised?

We got them:

Howard Dean: Sarah Palin was right about death panels! Yeaarrggh!

Dean makes it clear that, to him, the Affordable Care Act holds a great deal of promise. But he has no doubt that the IPAB is a disaster in the making:

One major problem is the so-called Independent Payment Advisory Board. The IPAB is essentially a health-care rationing body. By setting doctor reimbursement rates for Medicare and determining which procedures and drugs will be covered and at what price, the IPAB will be able to stop certain treatments its members do not favor by simply setting rates to levels where no doctor or hospital will perform them.

Source: Howard Dean: Sarah Palin was right about death panels! Yeaarrggh! | Twitchy

Was Sarah Palin right about 'death panels'?

The Affordable Care Act contains provisions for "death panels," which decide which critically ill patients receive care and which don't, says Mark Halperin, senior political analyst for Time magazine.

"It's built into the plan. It's not like a guess or like a judgment. That's going to be part of how costs are controlled," Halperin told "The Steve Malzberg Show" on Newsmax TV.

Source: Was Sarah Palin right about 'death panels'? | The Five | Fox News

Slate Admits Sarah Palin Was Right About Death Panels

Remember in 2009 when Sarah Palin warned that Obamacare would lead to “death panels”? People ridiculed her alleged right-wing paranoia; PolitiFact christened her accusation the “Lie of the Year.” In this context, it’s ironic that a recent Slate article admits that socialized medicine goes hand in hand with government death panels. What’s even more disturbing is that the author–Adam Goldenberg–applauds the practice.

Specifically, Goldenberg explains that “Canada Has Death Panels”; this is the very title of his piece. Here’s the news hook:

Perhaps it is easier for Canadians to trust government-appointed panels, rather than judges, with decisions like these. For reasons that arguably go back to our respective foundings, Canadians tend to have more faith in our government and our bureaucratic processes than Americans do in theirs…

[T]he question is no longer whether we can “play God,” but when, how, and who should do so. When humanity demands haste, and justice demands expert knowledge, Ontario’s death panels offer a solution—whatever Sarah Palin says.

Source: http://consultingbyrpm.com/blog/2013/10/slate-admits-sarah-palin-was-right-about-death-panels.html

Sarah Palin Was Right—More Dems Ditch Death Panels

Palin was right as well, and also took a lot of heat, when she referred to ObamaCare's Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) as a death panel whose decisions would result in health care rationing.

(Under ObamaCare, IPAB's board of 15 presidentially appointed "experts" will be empowered to make arbitrary Medicare spending-cut decisions with virtually no congressional oversight or control.)

Dr. Donald Berwick, who headed the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, admitted as much when he opined: "The decision is not whether or not we will ration care — the decision is whether we will ration with our eyes open."

"The IPAB will be able to stop certain treatments its members do not favor by simply setting rates to levels where no doctor or hospital will perform them," wrote Dean, who is also a physician. "Getting rid of the IPAB is something Democrats and Republicans ought to agree on."

Source: Sarah Palin Vindicated As Democratic Opposition To IPAB Death Panels Grows - Investors.com

So just as she was with her comments concerning Paul Revere and the Boston Tea Party Palin was correct once again.

 

[morningstar2651]

Which means there should have been no mention of Muhammad in the assignment.

The assignment, if real, is still not the same as common core. Common core is a set of standards, not a package of pre-built assignments. Each school develops their own curriculum but their content must meet the standards of common core.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s0rRk9sER0

 

[rambot]

This does not seem like a proportional response to a relatively minor misreading. I see nobody saying "Mohamed is great". I think I read "There is no God but Allah and Mohamed is his prophet" but to nonMuslims, it's more like a slogan. The school board indicated they are studying a chapter in the Bible. An ENTIRE chapter in the holy text. Tell me when they're studying the Qu'ran. Otherwise, put on the big pantaloons and relax.

 

[High Fidelity]

I know someone doing Common Core now and she had no complaints and she would be the first person to flip her lid.

People, if they're going to learn about religion at all, should be afforded choice and learn about them all. It all comes down to faith ultimately anyway, so if one is more believable than another when we can't prove or disprove either, so be it, that's their choice whether we consider it a mistake or not.

I am not seeing what's being claimed as foul play here though.

 

[USincognito]

This person is determined to become offended, aren't they. So hilarious.

Starnes' is a professional grievance merchant. Finding things to get offended by or outraged over are his stock and trade.

 

[Sistrin]

Starnes' is a professional grievance merchant. Finding things to get offended by or outraged over are his stock and trade.

And Al Sharpton? Jessie Jackson? I am sure you condemn them with the same level of vitriol.

 

[TLK Valentine]

And Al Sharpton? Jessie Jackson? I am sure you condemn them with the same level of vitriol.

of course.

 

[morningstar2651]

The most interesting fact I've learned from this whole news story is that there is a town called Farmville. I almost thought it was a fake news article (like those on Daily Buzz) when I saw the name of the town.

 

[USincognito]

And Al Sharpton? Jessie Jackson? I am sure you condemn them with the same level of vitriol.

"But what about them" is not a defense of Starne's antics nor does it change the facts I have stated about him.

Speaking of Jackson however, I was watching Ken Burns' Baseball last night and there was a recording of him speaking at Jackie Robinson's funeral and he had really left his mentor behind just four short years after King's death.

 

[Bedford]

And Al Sharpton? Jessie Jackson? I am sure you condemn them with the same level of vitriol.

The bigger question is will you condemn Starnes with the same level of vitriol as you do with Sharpton and Jackson?