\'If Fred Got Two Beatings Per Day…\' Homework Asks

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Third graders in in Gwinnett County, Ga., were given math homework Wednesday that asked questions about slavery and beatings...


...The question read, "Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?"

Another math problem read, "If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week?"...
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It was a silly move on the part of the educators who put it into the classroom. News of it has gone national and once again Georgia looks backward.
 
newsjunky said:
It was a silly move on the part of the educators who put it into the classroom. News of it has gone national and once again Georgia looks backward.
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You are right.
 
You know what I find offensive about that? The utter STUPIDITY of whoever put that together not thinking oh, gee, you know, somebody might have a problem with this. Stupe.
 
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That did not answer my question, it actually gave me another. So they are saying 4 teachers, but only one resigned. Why do you think one of the 4 (or the two reported to have actually made the test) resigned?
 
ShoeDiva said:
unionmom said:
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That did not answer my question, it actually gave me another. So they are saying 4 teachers, but only one resigned. Why do you think one of the 4 (or the two reported to have actually made the test) resigned?
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My SWAG would be that she was the lead teacher for the grade.
 
unionmom said:
ShoeDiva said:
unionmom said:
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That did not answer my question, it actually gave me another. So they are saying 4 teachers, but only one resigned. Why do you think one of the 4 (or the two reported to have actually made the test) resigned?
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My SWAG would be that she was the lead teacher for the grade.
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Ugh, I typed a whole paragraph and it went poof. Oh well. (I do believe you are probably right.)
 
Turns out it was a he ...

The elementary school teacher who resigned amid controversy over math homework problems referencing slavery wrote a letter to school officials saying he "cannot apologize enough."

Luis Rivera was a third-grade teacher at Beaver Ridge Elementary School since 2008.

Channel 2 Action News reporter Kerry Kavanaugh obtained Rivera’s personnel file through an open records request. It includes several past glowing reviews. It also revealed that Rivera had been a member of the Black History committee...
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people forget white people where slaves too


white people were some of the 1st slaves

they also went by the name of Indentured servants too
 
unionmom said:
Turns out it was a he ...

The elementary school teacher who resigned amid controversy over math homework problems referencing slavery wrote a letter to school officials saying he "cannot apologize enough."

Luis Rivera was a third-grade teacher at Beaver Ridge Elementary School since 2008.

Channel 2 Action News reporter Kerry Kavanaugh obtained Rivera’s personnel file through an open records request. It includes several past glowing reviews. It also revealed that Rivera had been a member of the Black History committee...
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Just a bad situation all around. I must say that after reading that article it made me believe even more that it was just a lapse of judgment. I do not think it was intentional, he just was including the figure they were studying into the lesson and did not do it in a way that offense would not be taken.
 
sadie612 said:
people forget white people where slaves too


white people were some of the 1st slaves

they also went by the name of Indentured servants too
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You see...slavery wasn't such a bad deal after all. It came with a dental plan ;D
 
Grey Colson said:
sadie612 said:
people forget white people where slaves too


white people were some of the 1st slaves

they also went by the name of Indentured servants too
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You see...slavery wasn't such a bad deal after all. It came with a dental plan ;D
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did I misspell it.. lol lawd I have no clue

haha but ya made me chuckle
 
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