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

• Kenny? wrote on 2012-01-08 14:14
  'Slavery' Math spurs outrage
  

  Third graders in in Gwinnett County, Ga., were given math homework Wednesday that asked questions about slavery and beatings.
  Christopher Braxton told ABC News affiliate WSB-TV in Atlanta that he couldn't believe the assignment his 8-year-old son brought home from of Beaver Ridge Elementary school in Norcross.
  "It kind of blew me away," Braxton said. "Do you see what I see? Do you really see what I see? He's not answering this question."
  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?"
  Another question asked how many baskets of cotton Frederick filled.
  "I was furious at that point," Braxton said.
  "This outrages me because it just lets me know that there's still racists," said Stephanie Jones, whose child is a student at the school.
  "Something like that shouldn't be imbedded into a kid of the third, fourth, fifth, any grade," parent Terrance Barnett told WSB-TV. "I'm having to explain to my 8-year-old why slavery or slaves or beatings are in a math problem. That hurts."
  "In this one, the teachers were trying to do a cross-curricular activity," Gwinnett County school district spokeswoman Sloan Roach said.
  Roach said the teachers were attempting to incorporate social studies into math problems.
  "We understand that there are concerns about these questions, and we agree that these questions were not appropriate," she said.
  

  
  Source :http://news.yahoo.com/fred-got-two-beatings-per-day-homework-asks-230717586--abc-news.html
• Kaeporo wrote on 2012-01-08 14:25

  Quote from Kenny?;727773:

  Gwinnett County, Ga.

  
  
  [video=youtube;FDyF9n5pOqw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDyF9n5pOqw[/video]
• paladin wrote on 2012-01-08 14:57
  Lol
  comeon its already been what 30 years?
  Can these people get over their white>black crap and just live life that people are equal
  Its even more ironic since religion promotes tolerance but that region with the higest religious membership has the least tolerance
• Kingofrunes wrote on 2012-01-08 15:26
  It's because the United States is the least tolerant country of all the developed countries. I could be wrong though.
  
  Humans in general are intolerant of those of us who are different.
• Sleeperdial wrote on 2012-01-08 15:56

  Quote from Kenny?:

  Gwinnett County, Ga.

  
  

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  Once again, one bad apple ruins the bunch.
• EndlessDreams wrote on 2012-01-08 16:58
  I am not surprised when I saw it was Georgia. Those people in that area is just slightly behind in the times...
• Lan wrote on 2012-01-08 17:47

  Quote from Kingofrunes;727800:

  It's because the United States is the least tolerant country of all the developed countries. I could be wrong though.
  
  Humans in general are intolerant of those of us who are different.

  
  
  Nope. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/02/beating-of-chinese-american-man-by-koreans-called-hate-crime.html
  
  http://allafrica.com/stories/201110170148.html
• Cynic wrote on 2012-01-08 18:16

  Quote from Lan;727904:

  Nope. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/02/beating-of-chinese-american-man-by-koreans-called-hate-crime.html
  
  http://allafrica.com/stories/201110170148.html

  
  
  America is still horidd, because America is supposed to be the tolerate and free country that it is constantly advertised is. When in reality, the majority of what are have are stupid, selfish, greedy and hateful (typically religious) pricks.
  
  But yeah, all my surprise went away when I read the word GA.
• Kollin wrote on 2012-01-08 20:39

  Quote from EndlessDreams;727847:

  I am not surprised when I saw it was Georgia. Those people in that area is just slightly behind in the times...

  
  
  Don't group me in with these people.
• Chockeh wrote on 2012-01-08 22:02
  I just don't understand why.
• Sleeperdial wrote on 2012-01-08 22:08

  Quote from Kollin;728077:

  Don't group me in with these people.

  
  
  I live in Gwinnett, please don't group me with them.:cry:
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-01-09 06:14
  how is this a good idea? o_o