Are Fed Up States Finally Dumping Common Core?Melissa Melton Yesterday, Oklahoma took the first step in potentially following suit, as the states Senate passed a bill to repeal Common Core on similar grounds, citing that education standards should be set at the local and state levels instead of being set outside of democratic process by Bill Gates money. Pennsylvanias House also passed a bill to drop Common Core, and three other states, including Florida, Michigan and Ohio, have also introduced bills to get rid of it. As New York became the first state to administer statewide Common Core initiative testing this week, some families practiced their own brand of civil disobedience by opting out. Three Brooklyn schools saw as many as 70% of their students refuse to take the state-mandated tests. We dont want [our kids] to be part of some grand experiment that might be hurting them and not helping them, Astorino said. Astorinos children arent the only ones feeling sick and stressed out due to Common Core. As I previously reported back in December, a group of eight New York principals got together and penned a letter expressing their concerns that the Common Core standardized tests were psychologically damaging the children, causing their 3rd through 8th grade students to cry, throw up and have accidents in their pants: The frustration is spreading from schools to homes, as parents across the nation are posting copies of their childrens ridiculous Common Core homework all over social media sites. Here are just a few examples The Daily Caller has reported on: For something called Common Core, common sense seems nowhere to be found in these assignments. This copy of his kids math homework posted by frustrated parent Jeff Severt has now gone viral: Severt is absolutely right. Thats because some of these Common Core math assignments find inventive (read: insane) ways to take what should be an easy math problem with a straightforward solving process and try to force students to abandon all logic to solve it in a whopping 108 steps instead of the two it actually takes. For a program thats supposed to make kids college ready, in the real world, taking the time to perform over 100 utterly pointless, ridiculous, time-consuming steps to do something that would normally (and much more simply and efficiently) be completed in just two isnt exactly considered a desirable trait in a potential job candidate. Melissa Melton is a writer, researcher, and analyst for The Daily Sheeple, where this first appeared,and a co-creator of Truthstream Media. Wake the flock up! 