{"id":818,"date":"2015-01-13T14:09:07","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T14:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turneyduff2.dev\/?p=818"},"modified":"2015-01-13T14:09:07","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T14:09:07","slug":"common-core-means-teachers-cant-do-whats-best-for-their-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turneyduff.com\/index.php\/2015\/01\/13\/common-core-means-teachers-cant-do-whats-best-for-their-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Core Means Teachers Can’t Do What’s Best for their Students"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kennebunk High School, 1987<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I peeked into the classroom to see if my teacher was alone. He wasn\u2019t. Some other student was getting extra help after school. I started to pace back and forth in the hallway by the burnt-orange lockers. I guess you could say I was nervous. It was my first-ever pitch meeting, not that I knew it at the time. I decided to try different combinations on one of the locks\u2014you know, just to see if I could open it. After about 10 failed attempts, I saw the other student leave. I entered my teacher\u2019s classroom with an overstated smile.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Turney, my boy,” Mr. Foster said. “To what do I owe the good pleasure?”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr. Foster was my junior English teacher. He was a jolly fellow who loved teaching. He looked like he was right out of Central Casting, with his thinning hair, glasses, bowtie and suspenders. He was the epitome of a high school English teacher. He talked like one too. In class he would say things like, “You\u2019re all a bunch of perverts,” and, “This is absolutely titillating.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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