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Your thoughts on "Common Core" (i.e. Teaching philosophy)

Recently, I was offered an additional "tutoring" gig (I already have an active one). It seems like it's a pretty nice gig. I get to tutor K-9 students in Math (Arithmetic and basic Algebra) and English/Language Arts (ELA). It pays $20.00/hr and I'm able to bill roughly 12-15+ hours or work per week. The pay is weekly. The sessions are all "on-line" via Zoom, so I can do it remotely. The kids log in at their respective schools, and I log in from my desk at home. That's all the "good news."

The bad news is, the "curricula" (pre-designed by the school districts and the company brokering between the districts and the companies supplying the tutors - like mine) are all based on the original "common core" standard of education. All the lessons are planned and spec'ed out, and adherence to those specs (by the tutors) is "mandatory" per contractual agreements between the school districts, the broker company and and the tutor supplier companies (like mine). There are Powerpoint presentations (slide decks) for each lesson/session. And, trust me when I tell you, if you value your childrens' education at all, they'll make you want to hurl.... just as they make me want to hurl, having to teach to them. They are totally pejorative to the students. They "dumb down" the concepts being taught to the absolute "lowest common denominator" of student, regardless of how inteligent the students actually are. And, not only do they insult my inteligence as a tutor, they insult the inteligence of the students themselves. It's like they're saying, "Well, we think you are all so stupid that we have to teach you at this very basic level." And, it also seems to facilitate an "indoctrination" into an underlying socalist agenda (i.e. be dependent on the govt).

I always believe in tutoring my students precisely to their specific levels and tailoring my lessons accordingly. I don't believe in teaching to a dumb downed slide deck. I believe in having conversations with my kids, retaining their attentiont that way (a slide deck won't do that) and resolving issues dynamically as they arise. I believe in having conversations with the students... getting to know what they're thinking, and adjusting my teaching to that. I also like to think my students are a lot more intelligent than perceived (by both the School district and others). And I teach to that level. Where needed I suppliment with remedial teaching to get them back up to speed. And I do it in a way that's not "condescending," not "pejorative." If the ratings I get as a tutor from the students themselves are any indication, I'm doing pretty well.

But now, I fact a dilema. My company is beginning to enforce compliance with the broker company and the districts to teach via the slide decks. In other words, to teach "common core." It's not that I can't do it. I surely can. It's just that it makes me sick, having to do it. And I now have a decision to make as to whether ot not to continue with this gig and teach common core per their standards, or resign the gig and try to find something else. I really don't want to resign. The gig pays pretty well. And I can surely use the $$$. And the HR Genralist at my company that hired me has been wonderfully nice in all of this (this is a W-2 position, BTW not an Independent Contractor). But I think she is just as bound by the contract requirements as I am. She tells me they're looking for new districts to add, but I don't think they're looking all that hard, because I think both the districts and (especially) the broker company actually like common core and support it. I don't see them marketing to school districts in states/areas that don't support common coare (the South, etc.). I know my home state of Florida dumped Common Core in favor of their own std. Narry a district like that on the broker company's radar.


So, what say you? What is your position on the "common core" standard? And, if you dislike it, is it worth the loss in $$$ to resign if they require that you teach it, or would you still want to earn the $$$ and teach it anyway? LIkewise, would you let your child be taught in that standard or would you seek to home school your child? I know I'd home school, if I had children. And, shoud I ever hit the Zillion $ lottery, my focus will be a foundation that facilitates the home schooling of children that want that choice and the freedom of independent teaching and thought. Not some govt. standard.

What say you?

204 Ruger Proof CF barrel tested

Barrel is a 20” 1 in 10 twist, has 50 rounds on it up to now. Did a quick break in. Sharing this because I couldn’t find anything on it.
Only running factory loads at the time to break in and collect brass. It seemed to favor the 36 gr prairie enemy a little more breaking it in but they are nonexistent right now so I loaded up on Hornady’s 40gr vmax ammo. The 10 shot group was the other day, no cold bore warm up or anything just laid down 10 shots in a row. Mirage got terrible last 2 shots.


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Hide TV @ SHOT SHOW 2025

Let me know the products and companies you want to see appear Live on Hide TV Next week.

We will be at SHOT All week and with the new Hide TV system, video will be in the palm of our hands. Not to mention the HIDE TV System doesn't care if a firearm appears in a live.

Give us the Ask, only place I am not goin is Range Day Monday but will be on the Range Sunday

Cerakote inside Impact Action? Yay or Nay

My impacts are slick as snot. I don't want to mess that up... I see images of Impacts cerakoted only on the outside of the receiver, and some inside and bolt body as well.

Any feedback on this? Does 100% cerakote inside and out gum up the action? I'd like to it to be all one color, but if feedback is negative I'll just do the bolt handle and outside of the action.

I have actions that run slick with cerakote on the bolt and inside of the action, so I could see it working fine.

Thanks for any input.

Firearms 6.5 creed basic bitch build

T3X / Proof combo from SJA , mdt chassis, 10 and 12 round mags, i have over 100 rounds of 90 grain handloads. I have ran this gun the last 1.5 years coyote hunting and taken hundred of yotes pigs and bobcats. I’d have to count brass, between 4/500 rounds down the pipe. I’m on my 6th load batch of 100 so i feel more confident towards the 500 mark. Gun shoots 1/2 moa all day with me behind it , and have taken several coyotes at 300+ yards. Will entertain trades for a nice 22 arc AR , or 6 Arc ar, or other chassis bolt guns. I can add cash, or other guns that i don’t have listed.

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Firearms 6.5 WBY RPM

Gun is a straight killer, I’ve taken deer at 3–500 yards off tripod this year several times, it’s light , maneuverable. Weighs a whopping 6.7 pounds.

1 pound trigger tech trigger, 24 inch bsf barrel, carbon stock dipped, is has a arca rail and QD sling attachments but i will take arca rail off if not wanted. It’s got a sight mark latitude 6.25-25x56. Decent optic, i will sell it separate if there is interest.

I have over 100 rounds of 153.5 Berger hybrids loaded for the gun. They leave a pencil tip sized entry wound, and a good half dollar size exit, they have been phenomenal. I also have new brass, and dies. Gun shoots .5 moa all day.

Trade value 3500$ cash price 2800$ shipped for everything! In an Apache hard case

Trades would be any chassis bolt guns that catch my attention. Prefer magnum cartridges , or a creedmoor setup. No 308.

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Tripod and binoculars recs

I’ve read a ton of threads covering my title, however — I’m looking for a basic tripod that’ll get to 72 inches (I’m a little over 6 feet tall) and some type of basic mount that would be best to use with some inexpensive binoculars. I’m just going to use the tripod and binos for spotting targets at distances inside of 400 yards and will not shoot off of the tripod ever.


Thanks

SOLD FS Nightforce ATACR 7-35 mil xt

Nightforce ATACR 7-35 Mil-XT

Scope is used on my backup rifle. Has shot a few local matches with it. Scope is in very good condition.

Let me know if you want any other photos.

Only trades would be towards a Tangent Theta or Zco.


$2490 shipped without the Rings.

PayPal FF or Venmo. Lower 48 states only.
Or face to face, will be traveling to several PRS matches starting in January Texas 2 day match.

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Movie Theater SATURDAY NIGHT MOVIE: Hells Angels On Wheels (1967)

HELLS ANGELS ON WHEELS (1967)

Starring: Jack Nicholson, Adam Roarke, Sabrina Scharf, and Sonny Barger.

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In a dusty and rugged part of San Francisco, the hard rock, brawlers, and hippies capital of the 1960s, 'Poet' was a restless young man working a dead end job at a gas station. Already a seasoned street fighter, his temper was short, made even more volatile by crusty scalawags who kept testing him. Every interaction could end up with him dealing out an asswhooping and Poet knew that his time at this job would be short. One day, a band of Hells Angels riders stopped by the gas station. For Poet, nothing was more alluring than being a member of one of the largest and most notorious outlaw motorcycle clubs in the country, and he made up his mind as he took in the acrid fumes and the growling thunder of Harleys idling around him. One thing led to another and Poet was invited to become a hangaround of the club, and then a patch-rocking prospect. However, as Poet's rough and tumble nature carried him up through the ranks of the club, he learned that with every step in that organization came with hard prices to pay, far harder than a metal chain enclosed haymaker connecting with a skull in the most brutal alley fight...

Playing the President of the Hells Angels MC in this movie is none other than Sonny Barger himself, who in 1967 was the chapter president of the Oakland, California HAMC charter.