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My 3rd grader's #CommonCore math homework. Note that there are no shaded parts.pic.twitter.com/hIkzoSXRr4The instructions - "Match the picture with the fraction that names the shaded part" - are likely confusing to a typical third-grade kid just trying to make it through the day. This is because, as Twitter user Jennifer Hall keenly notes, there are no shaded parts.
- Jennifer Hall (@jenjhall) January 27, 2014
My 9 year old sisters math homework with this "common core" shit. WHAT ARE THESE DIRECTIONS.pic.twitter.com/GNw0uumhuRA subsequent Twitter conversation between the tweeter Lauren, who is trying to make sense of the assignment for her little sister, and someone named Relle is ribald and hilarious.
- Lauren (@HollaAtMe_Baby) January 21, 2014
Comment: Of course doctors don't want their monopoly on health care threatened. The AMA is concerned that if the public knew how much they were being ripped off for their so-called "health care" they'd run for the hills, or worse, seek alternative forms of treatment that are cheaper and actually work.