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Teachers in George uses slavery to teach kids math!
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Teachers in George uses slavery to teach kids math!
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Another Georgia school has come under fire for a slavery-related incident. On this occasion, a fourth-grade teacher gave students a math problem that read "A plantation owner had 100 slaves. If three-fifths of them are counted for representation, how many slaves will be counted?" A school spokesman said the teacher would not be punished because the question was "meant to educate students on both social studies and math."
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Manegarm
Title: European Imperialist Good Guy
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I see no problems in using slavery or say watermelons.. Just don't combine them because it will make for an impossible equation.
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Akza
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I'd be more surprised if the kids can actually answer the question.
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Snarf_Igraine posted:
Another Georgia school has come under fire for a slavery-related incident. On this occasion, a fourth-grade teacher gave students a math problem that read "A plantation owner had 100 slaves. If three-fifths of them are counted for representation, how many slaves will be counted?" A school spokesman said the teacher would not be punished because the question was "meant to educate students on both social studies and math."
oops edit for missing link http://now.msn.com/now/0322-slavery-math-problem.aspx
Three lessons in one - seems like a win win win.
Good on the school and teacher.
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Moe_Nox
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And in a different incident some 8th grade teacher recently assigned her class the task of finding the stupid in all the repub candidates.
Conclusion: Many teachers are over reaching douchebags bringing their left/right agenda into the classroom.
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Manegarm
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Moe_Nox posted:
And in a different incident some 8th grade teacher recently assigned her class the task of finding the stupid in all the repub candidates.
Conclusion: Many teachers are over reaching douchebags bringing their left/right agenda into the classroom.
I agree, that exercise is way to easy for a 8th grader..
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GrilledCheez
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I don't get the outrage at all.
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Abaddon_Ambrosius
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Snarf_Igraine posted:
Another Georgia school has come under fire for a slavery-related incident. On this occasion, a fourth-grade teacher gave students a math problem that read "A plantation owner had 100 slaves. If three-fifths of them are counted for representation, how many slaves will be counted?" A school spokesman said the teacher would not be punished because the question was "meant to educate students on both social studies and math."
oops edit for missing link http://now.msn.com/now/0322-slavery-math-problem.aspx
If this was in fact IN a social studies class, and the discussion thereafter started getting into how that was un-done via amendment, when, and how? I've got zero problem with this.
In a math class... yeah... this has no context or place.
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GrilledCheez posted:
I don't get the outrage at all.
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ZigmundZag
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Registered: 2002-3-25 23:03:00
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Abaddon_Ambrosius posted:
Snarf_Igraine posted:
Another Georgia school has come under fire for a slavery-related incident. On this occasion, a fourth-grade teacher gave students a math problem that read "A plantation owner had 100 slaves. If three-fifths of them are counted for representation, how many slaves will be counted?" A school spokesman said the teacher would not be punished because the question was "meant to educate students on both social studies and math."
oops edit for missing link http://now.msn.com/now/0322-slavery-math-problem.aspx
If this was in fact IN a social studies class, and the discussion thereafter started getting into how that was un-done via amendment, when, and how? I've got zero problem with this.
In a math class... yeah... this has no context or place.
4th graders typically don't have social studies.
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