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Couldn't that hypothetically be an outcome of teaching American history of slavery and the history of post-emancipation discrimination? So should history not be taught lest black people hate whites and whites feel guilty?
Reminds me of a Fawlty Towers episode, only "just don't mention the war (WWII to visiting Germans) is replaced with "don't mention slavery and oppression".
I think using math problems to illustrate this history is odd, though.
I am white, and do not feel guilty about my ancestors past. it is in the past, just dont forget it in order to not repeat it.
For stupidity and inappropriateness. How anyone could think that would be a good math exercise is beyond me and simply does not belong in the field of education.
Couldn't that hypothetically be an outcome of teaching American history of slavery and the history of post-emancipation discrimination? So should history not be taught lest black people hate whites and whites feel guilty?
Reminds me of a Fawlty Towers episode, only "just don't mention the war (WWII to visiting Germans) is replaced with "don't mention slavery and oppression".
I think using math problems to illustrate this history is odd, though.
these white parents are whitewashing history. they dont want there kids to know what happened, thats why they get so angry about black history month.
Is there a reason why teachers of math should throw in a question like that? Surely there are all kinds of examples that would have worked and have worked for all these years and all of a sudden they have to throw in questions like that. Of course, that question could lead a number of kids to go home and ask mommy and daddy what slavery is all about. Let them learn about that a bit later in life. Kids of that age really aren't racist so why try to push them into it?
Is there a reason why teachers of math should throw in a question like that? Surely there are all kinds of examples that would have worked and have worked for all these years and all of a sudden they have to throw in questions like that. Of course, that question could lead a number of kids to go home and ask mommy and daddy what slavery is all about. Let them learn about that a bit later in life. Kids of that age really aren't racist so why try to push them into it?
Because of this:
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School district spokeswoman Sloan Roach told the station teachers were trying to do a cross-curricular activity, combining math problems with social studies lessons. While the district encourages such pairings, the problem with the math homework was that it gave no historical context to its questions.
Not necessarily a bad idea but the idea was poorly executed.
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