Analysis Of Frankenstein And The Clock, After Dinner...

At five o’clock, after dinner time parents sit down with their children and helped with homework assignment for the evening. The kids bring out their math work sheets placed them on the table after the parents took a quick glimpse, they were confuse how to do the assignment. Instead of doing traditional math kids are drawing pictures and diagrams explaining how to add and subtract this is the new debate about the Common Core curriculum and parents is upset about the topic. â€Å"How can we teach our students something without even knowing what it is?† This remind me of a sense from the movie Frankenstein (1931) where Dr. Henry Frankenstein creates a new creature, and once the local village heard about a foul experiment, they rush to the laboratory in a mob carrying pitchforks looking for answers. Parents across America are working longer and more stressful hours trying to provide a better future for their children, but Americans are unhappy with the K-12 education syste m. The United States has spent more money on education than any other developed country in the world. The U.S. is ranked 31st in Math and 23rd in Science and students are falling farther behind each year. In 2009 the Common Core State Standards Initiative was launched, and today it has been adopted by 45 states, but in a survey it stated that around 55% of Americans were unaware about the new curriculum (Maxwell, 2014). The Common Core curriculum in many ways discourage students, created complex problem solving,Show MoreRelatedLogical Reasoning189930 Words   |  760 PagesE. Parejko, Chicago State University; Robert Sessions, Kirkwood Community College; and Stephanie Tucker, California State University Sacramento. Thinking and writing about logical reasoning has been enjoyable for me, but special thanks go to my children, Joshua, 8, and Justine, 3, for comic relief during the months of writing. This book is dedicated to them. For the 2012 edition: This book is dedicated to my wife Hellan whose good advice has improved the book in many ways. vi Table of