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[quote=Anonymous]Yeah - fake post.  Well the “post” is real in that exists.  Typical racists crap.  Anyone of average intelligence who graduated with a teaching degree - and that obviously does not include the person making the post - understands the issues that disparity imposed, and that you cannot ignore them in the classroom.

The issue largely arose because kids in classrooms were largely from the same socio-economic group.  But, obviously, that has never been the case with all students in the classroom and ignoring that fact is not permitted.  So - no - you cannot assign a project that requires kids to have access to materials or abilities that are not available to all kids.

Example:  Everyone in your 3rd grade class needs to go to the public library and get a library card.  Problem:  Billy’s mom is single parenting and his Grandma watches him after school.  Grandma is great but does not drive and it is a 3 mile walk from Grandmas house to the library.  When Billy’s mom gets home the library is closed.  When Billy cannot show his new library card in class 2 weeks later shall we blame Billy?  What do you think Billy got out of that assignment?  Did it make Billy a more confident student?  Did it make Billy want to go to the library and get books to read?  Or, did you just embarrass and humiliate Billy?

Frankly - embarrassing and humiliating Billy is what the poster wants.  Ha ha. Isn’t that fun?  [/quote]

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