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Yanx Posted 14 years ago
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Math problems under fire
Hi,
I read an article regarding several Math problems that were under fire, as follows:
Parents are outraged after 139 fourth grade students in Georgia were given a math problem referencing slavery. The Math Problem is: "Each tree had 56 oranges, if 8 slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?". The next question went a step further, referencing violence. "If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in 1 week?"
I would like to ask, it can be obviously seen that the second question is referencing violence, which may not be a proper hint, the first one, however, is a problem of slaves picking oranges, and I did not see anything wrong or improper in it, the reason being that from my point of view, in our country, a Math problem using slaves as an example is not an offensive or misleading method, it is just considering something as it stands and not referring to any specific student.
Could anyone explain this to me? I did not quite understand it .
Source:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/21/james-a-jackson-elementary-school-slavey-math-problems_n_1370125.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk1%26pLid%3D145568
I read an article regarding several Math problems that were under fire, as follows:
Parents are outraged after 139 fourth grade students in Georgia were given a math problem referencing slavery. The Math Problem is: "Each tree had 56 oranges, if 8 slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?". The next question went a step further, referencing violence. "If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in 1 week?"
I would like to ask, it can be obviously seen that the second question is referencing violence, which may not be a proper hint, the first one, however, is a problem of slaves picking oranges, and I did not see anything wrong or improper in it, the reason being that from my point of view, in our country, a Math problem using slaves as an example is not an offensive or misleading method, it is just considering something as it stands and not referring to any specific student.
Could anyone explain this to me? I did not quite understand it .
Source:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/21/james-a-jackson-elementary-school-slavey-math-problems_n_1370125.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk1%26pLid%3D145568
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yanx and I did not see anything wrong or improper in it, the reason being that from my point of view, in our country, a Math problem using slaves as an example is not an offensive or misleading method, it is just considering something as it stands and not referring to any specific student. Could anyone explain this to me? com/2012/03/21/james-a-jackson-elementary-school-slavey-math-problems_n ...
- yanx and I did not see anything wrong or improper in it, the reason being that from my point of view, in our country, a Math problem using slaves as an example is not an offensive or misleading method, it is just considering something as it stands and not referring to any specific student.
- Could anyone explain this to me?
- com/2012/03/21/james-a-jackson-elementary-school-slavey-math-problems_n ...
- There are still many racists in the South of the US (the link you provided references Georgia) and some of them happen to be teachers or are otherwise linked to the US educational system.
- For me, this is a deliberate effort to belittle the black community as well as encourage those white folks who still believe in White supremacy.
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yanx and I did not see anything wrong or improper in it, the reason being that from my point of view, in our country, a Math problem using slaves as an example is not an offensive or misleading method, it is just considering something as it stands and not referring to any specific student. Could anyone explain this to me? I did not quite understand it .Source:
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Ivanhryanx and I did not see anything wrong or improper in it, the reason being that from my point of view, in our country, a Math problem using slaves as an example is not an offensive or misleading method, it is just considering something as it stands and not referring to any specific student. Could anyone explain this to me? I did not quite understand it .Source:
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