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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a teacher, my first thought was: I wonder if they are learning about slavery in social studies and are doing a cross-curricular thing, which is apparently what happened.  HOWEVER, there should have been some kind of explanation to the parents or warning, or something to explain what was going on.  Further, the wording of the questions seems too casual-if I were doing something incorporating slavery or another sensitive topic, I would certainly word my math problems in a such a way that it appeared that it was a historical question, or tied in with another curriculum.  This makes it look like it's just another question.

And the beating question is just odd.[/quote]

I am the OP - teacher, too.

Even if this math is part of an interdisciplinary unit, it's a stretch to put it mildly.  T[b]o minimize the atrocities of slavery by creating a word problem using beatings and picking cotton is deplorable![/b]  What were they thinking?[/quote]

pp here, and I completely agree.  I was just thinking how much the media LOVES to dramatize these things (which really need no more drama involved).  The entire article makes it seem like the math teacher just decided to write some word problems about beatings and slaves just for the hell of it.  I found that somewhat hard to believe, and so figured it had to do with a cross-curricular project.  That being said, it's still reprehensible that it is treated so casually in these word problems.  I agree, what was this teacher thinking?![/quote]

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