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"If Fred Got Two Beatings a Day," Homework Asks

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'If Fred Got Two Beatings Per Day
Third graders in inGwinnett County, Ga., were given math homework Wednesday that asked questions about slavery and beatings.


Fun little article. I just love the quote,
"This outrages me because it just lets me know that there's still racists," from the article, like the kind of person that does stupid **** like this is some sheet-wearing KKK member wanting to terrorize little black children-- instead of another well-meaning white liberal who just wants to uphold his civic responsibility to never let anyone forget that we're all victims. We should teach math in math classes, and leave the history lessons for the history classes.
 
She said, "I'm having to explain to my 8-year-old why slavery or slaves or beatings are in a math problem. That hurts."

She meant she had to explain what a "slave" or "beating" is. Like an 8 year old has a lot of experience with both in today's world. What a bunch of goofballs we have in the education system.
 
Why can't we simply have math? Pure focus on mathematics?
 
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.

These two in connection makes it obvious. Why even include this in mathematics? To me, academics should be completely objective. If you must use objects for mathematical word problems, use something as innocent as "fruit," or whatever.

Keep politics out of the classroom.
 
'If Fred Got Two Beatings Per Day

Fun little article. I just love the quote, [/FONT][/COLOR]"This outrages me because it just lets me know that there's still racists," from the article, like the kind of person that does stupid **** like this is some sheet-wearing KKK member wanting to terrorize little black children-- instead of another well-meaning white liberal who just wants to uphold his civic responsibility to never let anyone forget that we're all victims. We should teach math in math classes, and leave the history lessons for the history classes.

I think the teachers used very poor judgement and should be written up. Ridiculous.

Lucy the Hooker ****s a dozen johns in one night. She makes $25 each. How much money does Lucy earn?
 
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"Earn? Daddy buys her shoes, he pays her rent, and he gets her high, and bitch is going to talk to me about what she earns? Bitch better have my money!"

Yeah. I didn't do so good in school.
 
Lucy the Hooker ****s a dozen johns in one night. She makes $25 each. How much money does Lucy earn?

The answer is zero. Her pimp gets it all. Nothing like a trick question in math class, is there? LOL.
 
Was that hooker question actually used in curriculum?
 
'If Fred Got Two Beatings Per Day

Fun little article. I just love the quote, [/FONT][/COLOR]"This outrages me because it just lets me know that there's still racists," from the article, like the kind of person that does stupid **** like this is some sheet-wearing KKK member wanting to terrorize little black children-- instead of another well-meaning white liberal who just wants to uphold his civic responsibility to never let anyone forget that we're all victims. We should teach math in math classes, and leave the history lessons for the history classes.

I read the article and could not really find anything offensive. I thought the idea of working some social studies into the math curriculum was a good idea. Slavery was a part of our history, so what better way to bring economic realities of slavery to a class. It doesn't make any difference if the slaves are red, white and blue.
 
For the record I was not educated in that county.

:lol:
 
I read the article and could not really find anything offensive. I thought the idea of working some social studies into the math curriculum was a good idea. Slavery was a part of our history, so what better way to bring economic realities of slavery to a class. It doesn't make any difference if the slaves are red, white and blue.

But, was the question historically accurate? If it wasn't, it thing more than indoctriation, because it's someone's opinion and not an historical fact.
 
Not appropriate for eight year olds. Yet, they've got to learn about slavery at some point. I think I learned all about slavery at 13, but I was introduced to the facts when I was 10 because we lived in the same state as John Brown's cave.
 
"If Bubba and Bobby have 24 girls tied up in their basement, and Bobby has twice the stamina of Bubba, and they divide up the girls between them based on stamina alone, how many girls will Bobby rape?"

Seriously, that **** is ****ed up.
 
"If Bubba and Bobby have 24 girls tied up in their basement, and Bobby has twice the stamina of Bubba, and they divide up the girls between them based on stamina alone, how many girls will Bobby rape?"

Probably none. It seems fairly obvious that Bubba and Bobby are "life partners."
 
Probably none. It seems fairly obvious that Bubba and Bobby are "life partners."

Obviously not. That's why Bubba agreed to divide the girls up by stamina instead of evenly-- he doesn't want to be next.
 
Why can't we simply have math? Pure focus on mathematics?

Word problems are an important part of math. They take the rules of math and tie them back into the real world, showing why math is useful while reinforcing the rules of math.
 
I read the article and could not really find anything offensive. I thought the idea of working some social studies into the math curriculum was a good idea. Slavery was a part of our history, so what better way to bring economic realities of slavery to a class. It doesn't make any difference if the slaves are red, white and blue.

Slavery is a serious subject which should have a serious and direct focus. I see that having it in a subject such as this serves only to minimize the real issues with slavery and assert that it's no big deal to have slaves.

Slavery - is NOT acceptable, is not a casual or common practice and should NOT be engaged in within any context that suggests otherwise or ignores the gross civil and human rights violations. Why couldn't they say "employees" - that's a common, everyday practice (management - employment)

So: what is it that they're really trying to teach, here? That slavery was no big deal?

And the beatings - they're minimizing the seriousness of violence and approaching it with a light-weight attitude and demeanor - what does THAT teach?

I can't believe the teachers received these questions - and gave them to the students to answer them. . . don't teachers pay attention to anything these days?
 
If 12 teachers at your school handed out these questions to their students, and 5 out of every 6 teachers lacked tenure, and all the non-tenure teachers were fired for this idiocy, how many teachers would that leave?
 
Why can't we simply have math? Pure focus on mathematics?

There is some legitimate crossover between some school subjects. When I was in 9th and 10th grade we took history and English together as one big class lasting 2 periods. We did something similar with physics and calculus when I was a senior.

That being said, history and math don't really go together too well.
 
There is some legitimate crossover between some school subjects. When I was in 9th and 10th grade we took history and English together as one big class lasting 2 periods. We did something similar with physics and calculus when I was a senior.

That being said, history and math don't really go together too well.

That is a good idea. I think it would be excellent to teach english and history together, and math and science together, as it gives context, and a better understanding of each subject. You get to find out what inspired someone to write what they wrote, and how it was a product of it's time for example.
 
There is some legitimate crossover between some school subjects. When I was in 9th and 10th grade we took history and English together as one big class lasting 2 periods. We did something similar with physics and calculus when I was a senior.

That being said, history and math don't really go together too well.

The key about blending subjects and crossing over is keeping things on focus in a practical or realistic manor.

Math doesn't apply to everything - ignoring the two things that were used that brought up this whole issue . . . when finding real-life applications of subjects it's ideal and more helpful to actually use things that - in the future - you'll likely use math for.

Business and math = hand in hand.
Medicine and math = hand in hand.

But within business or within medicine are smaller sub-fields that aren't ideal: drug overdose, means of murder, money laundering . . . it's long standing common sense that socially negative issues aren't to be used in such a way.
 
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