My Response to “The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts Instruction in Grades 6-12" handout

After reading our handout,  “The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts Instruction in Grades 6-12", I thought it was a very interesting read. The reason for this is because of the limitations that exist in the education system and it talks about why these limitations exist. Also, the examples that were provided about teachers deciding on what to teach in their classrooms and how to go about figuring out what to teach were very helpful to read about.
The first thing that stood out to me about this article was when it talked about the economic issues having an affect on student performance and also the problem with not acknowledging cultural diversity. I like that this article mentions both of these topics because I think they are a couple of the more important ones to address.
The one example that stood out for me was when a teacher was starting to teach about the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. She saw the issue with teaching this book when the white students in her classroom started asking the one black student about the character Jim and racism. I thought what the teacher did next was a good thing. She started researching and found different ways on how to teach more multicultural texts in a predominantly white classroom. She also did surveys of her students and found out that the majority of them "would like to read about different cultures more often."
Overall I thought this handout was very helpful because it touched on some important aspects in education and also brought up the issues that are present in education too.