{"id":17616,"date":"2014-05-25T08:47:07","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T12:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/?p=17616"},"modified":"2015-05-25T15:11:19","modified_gmt":"2015-05-25T19:11:19","slug":"i-helped-write-common-core-because-of-my-white-privilege","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/i-helped-write-common-core-because-of-my-white-privilege\/","title":{"rendered":"I Helped Write Common Core Because of My ‘White Privilege’"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Pook is an English teacher at the elite Derryfield School, a pricey private institution in New Hampshire that is 91% white. He says he felt obliged to assist in writing the national Common Core Standards because he’s — wait for it! — white and male<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason why I helped write the standards and the reason why I am\u00a0here today is that as a white male in society I am given a lot of privilege that I didn\u2019t earn,\u201d Pook said, earning some hisses and boos. \u201cI think it\u2019s really important that all kids get an equal opportunity to learn how to read,\u201d he explained.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pook apparently didn’t see fit to explain exactly how the “privilege” of being white means you will automatically have caring parents who will read to (and with) you. If reading and other academic successes are the metric by which we should measure “privilege” (or guilt), then it stands to reason more Asians and Asian-Americans should be getting involved in the adoption of Common Core. After all, it is that<\/em> demographic which is routinely the most academically accomplished.<\/p>\n

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Pook also didn’t say why, if he’s so concerned about the equal opportunity to read, he chooses to teach at a school with very little diversity and is affordable only to a select few (it costs $28,535 per year). He also failed to note that his school does not use<\/em> the Common Core Standards because it considers them inferior.<\/a><\/p>\n

Read more here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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