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| Slave-Related Math Questions For 4th-Graders Spark Outrage | |
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| tomdrobin | Feb 23 2013, 10:30 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/22/slave-math-question_n_2740909.html?utm_hp_ref=new-york&ir=New%20York&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec3_lnk2%26pLid%3D274369 They should have stuck with everyday questions like: If a pimp has three hos, and each ho turn 5 tricks a day.............................................................
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| Pat | Feb 24 2013, 12:48 AM Post #2 |
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Yep that would be just as dumb. How many believe every month has the same number of days? Apparently this went over the head of the person who came up with the math problem. Was the month February, was it leap year, was it September, was it December???? |
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| ImaHeadaU | Feb 24 2013, 05:33 AM Post #3 |
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"One slave got whipped five times a day." I am aghast to find that no one has seen fit to correct the grammar. It should read "One slave was whipped five times a day." While it is wrong in most cases to make light of this sad historical fact, it is also wrong to assume that the term "slavery" automatically refers to the enslavement of black Africans who were sold to plantation owners in the American colonies and the U.S.. Slavery is still practiced today in many places. Just to provide full disclosure, my own research in to my ancestry has show that my forebears appear to have been slave owners. However, their slaves were in all likelihood white slaves back in around the 1070s A.D.or so. |
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| Sea Dog | Feb 24 2013, 05:44 AM Post #4 |
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I thought all teachers were left wingers! |
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| Thumper | Feb 24 2013, 06:21 AM Post #5 |
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Buying and selling slaves is free enterprise at work. But no, Lincoln, a Republican had to interfere. |
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