Monday, January 23, 2012

Must not mention slavery in mathematics homework

We read:
"An Atlanta elementary school teacher has resigned amid a growing furore over mathematics homework that involved questions concerning slavery.

The third-grade maths problems - which featured such questions as: 'If Frederick got two beatings each day, how many beatings did he get in one week?' - sparked outrage among parents connected with the school, and led to a wider investigation in Gwinnett County in Georgia.

Gwinnett County schools spokeswoman Sloan Roach confirmed that a suburban Atlanta teacher had resigned over the homework at Beaver Ridge Elementary School in Norcross, and a further three were still under investigation.

She says the school system accepted the resignation of the teacher but declined to elaborate on the rest.

Parents were angered by the maths problems, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) had called for the teachers responsible to be fired.

Among other questions deemed offensive in the third-graders' homework, one read: 'Each tree has 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?"

A third said: 'Susan B Anthony was fined $100 for voting for president. She only had $25, how much more did she need to pay the fine?'

School officials said it was an attempt to mix social studies with mathematics, but parents were horrified when their children brought the questions home.

The school has claimed that papers containing the offending mathematics problems have since been destroyed to prevent their future use.

Source

I gather that kids are normally taught in school how evil Whitey is because of the slavery era so past slavery is hardly a secret that must not be mentioned

9 comments:

Liz said...

This is not about political correctness. This is about not letting teachers turn math class into a social justice indoctrination tool. Look up Social Justice Math orSocial Mathmatics. You can find page after page of "academics" discussing this wonderul way to introduce children to social justice. Math class should teach math, not be used as a liberal indoctrination tool.

Anonymous said...

Any political or social issue/agenda can be used/abused as examples in a mathematics class. There is no end of possibilities.

A. Levy said...

I wonder if they're taught that the first official owner of a slave in America was, a black man.

Bird of Paradise said...

Did the teacher belong to the NEA or some teachers union? In this case they just might up heading the DEPT of EDUCATION

Go Away Bird said...

Time to return to HOME SCHOOLING and aboisl the DEPT of BRAINWASHING formerly the DEPT of EDUCATION

Anonymous said...

Home schooling is only for those parents who truly care about their children, and their country.

Anonymous said...

I don't think this was appropriate for grade 3 but I did think the questions were hilarious!

Anonymous said...

Home-schooling just doubles the good or the bad effect that any parent already has on the children fate has put in their care!

Rockin Robin said...

How much slavery is practiced in those middle east nations we dont hear about from the liberal news media?