As those of you who are regular readers of this blog will know, many of us are mothers who are deeply disturbed by, and are dead set against, adoption of  the Common Core initiative. Friday, I had an enlightening exchange with my sister who is a teacher in an unspecified state who shall remain unidentified in this article to protect her from the National Educational Association (NEA) and their wrath. She had been asked to put together a resource book to support a subject area for Common Core (CC) and thought she would have a European colleague review the book, since teachers in her district are being told that CC is needed to help bring our children up to meet their European counterparts on a more even field when they graduate and enter the workforce. Her colleague’s response to the curriculum was, as my sister so colorfully described it, a combination of disbelief and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (WTF).