I'm a little hesitant to comment on this, but...here goes. Presumably, architectural and engineering skills are built around math, so this picture/photo (however altered) is clearly an example of math somehow going wrong.

Not being a recipient of common core training, I have neither the knowledge or understanding to be either a critic or fan. But, I do have a sense of humor which helps me navigate through much of the vitriol exhibited on OPP. In fact, a sense of humor may very well be the most important quality to possess on these pages. As it is, contributors are overly serious far too often.

Lighten up and enjoy what should'a been put in the 'chit-chat' section and enjoyed just for the fun of it.

I think it's too early to tell if Common Core will work or not. From what I can tell, the people who bitch about it don't really get it.

The traditional American education system didn't teach people to think. It only taught people to memorize things they've been told. As a result, we have generations of people who have been conditioned to subscribe without intellectual challenge.

On one hand, that makes us easy to herd like sheep. "4 x 4 = 16 BECAUSE my teacher said so" turns into "Tax cuts are good for us because Trump says so". I would even go so far as to say this fits in with the flock paradigm where Americans raised in the tradition of religious hierarchy are conditioned to follow on faith alone, which is why I think the Christian-Right, more than any other demographic, are inclined to follow without challenge.

The second problem and frustration is with parents who feel lost and cannot help their children, understandable. The schools should consult the parents when they begin school to go over the lessons too for a better understanding.

But another consequence is the fact that America has become dependent on foreign innovators. Most of what we call American ingenuity actually comes from innovators that were imported from other places with better education systems. For some business leaders this is not such a bad deal. Stupid voters who can't innovate and smart innovators that can't vote. But others have decided it would be better to teach American kids to actually think.

For a lot of older Americans this is an understandable shock. Their poor education leaves them struggling with abstract concepts and they get frustrated with having to figure it out. If someone can just tell them what the answer is, they can memorize it. ;)

Common Core is an attempt to teach kids how to actually think so if no one is around to tell them what the product of 4 and 4 is, they can figure it out through their own logic.

Again, I don't know if Common Core will actually work, but at least I know the intention behind it and it's funny as hell to see simple minded people react to it.

I'm a little hesitant to comment on this, but...here goes. Presumably, architectural and engineering skills are built around math, so this picture/photo (however altered) is clearly an example of math somehow going wrong.

Not being a recipient of common core training, I have neither the knowledge or understanding to be either a critic or fan. But, I do have a sense of humor which helps me navigate through much of the vitriol exhibited on OPP. In fact, a sense of humor may very well be the most important quality to possess on these pages. As it is, contributors are overly serious far too often.

Lighten up and enjoy what should'a been put in the 'chit-chat' section and enjoyed just for the fun of it.