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In reply to the discussion: Slavery-math questions cause uproar at NYC school [View all]cali
(114,904 posts)20. Sorry but
that doesn't excuse the idiot teachers who approved it. And it's absurd to defend this by saying: "It's good for students to take away a less-santized version of the horror which was slavery.". Far from less sanitized, it trivializes the horror that was slavery.
And saying "that's how kids are" is both inane and unrelated to the responsibility of the teachers.
this is truly bad practice.
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Nope, sorry. My parents are retired teachers, I grew up with teachers,
liberalhistorian
Feb 2013
#33
They should have balanced it with questions about debtors prisons. Slaves didn't owe anybody,
juajen
Feb 2013
#22
Can't blame people for being outraged. And can't blame the 4th graders for asking the questions.
Kalidurga
Feb 2013
#29
And I thought my kid's homework was a little dated for having word problems about bowling...
winter is coming
Feb 2013
#38