'If Fred Got Two Beatings Per Day…' Homework Asks

Yahoo! ^ | January 7, 2012 | Olivia Katrandjian

[Altariel]

Third graders in in Gwinnett County, Ga., were given math homework Wednesday that asked questions about slavery and beatings.

Christopher Braxton told ABC News affiliate WSB-TV in Atlanta that he couldn't believe the assignment his 8-year-old son brought home from of Beaver Ridge Elementary school in Norcross.

"It kind of blew me away," Braxton said. "Do you see what I see? Do you really see what I see? He's not answering this question."

The question read, "Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?"

Another math problem read, "If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week?"

[Salamander]

A Democrat test writer had a flashback to “the good old days” while creating it?

[USNBandit]

Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?

Crazy hypothetical questions like this only confuse children and slow down the reading process. What child would read a question like this and not wonder why you need more than one slave to pick 56 oranges?

[gogogodzilla]

Not to mention:

Another math problem read, "If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week?"

Is that a work week (Monday-Friday), or a full week? Does that include beatings on the Sabbath, which is a day of rest. For a religious beater would rest on that day, thus not beat Frederick.

:-P

[HiTech RedNeck]

Or, why have all eight going at the same tree even if it’s a big orchard? You’d think they’d section off the orchard, one section for each picker.

[Semper911]

Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?

It depends on how many trees there were!

[Jonty30]

Is this “Fred”, Fred Phelps?

If it is, then the question isn’t that bad.

[Berlin_Freeper]

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[Salamander]

Obviously a Dem plantation owner who was showboating his overwhelming surplus of slaves to his neighbors, of course.

[the bigger question is whether or not they could pick the oranges whilst laden with coconuts]

[gleeaikin]

Is the purpose of these lessons consciousness raising, or racism in action.

[D Rider]

Crazy hypothetical questions like this only confuse children and slow down the reading process. What child would read a question like this and not wonder why you need more than one slave to pick 56 oranges?

So children learn that slaves were lazy? Did former Senator Byrd write that question?

[Salamander]

Is it a solar or lunar calender?

[Salamander]

Considering that I think it’s BS, I’d vote for hallucinations.

[Salamander]

No but if they’d given the test in WV, they’d have named it after him.

[HiTech RedNeck]

i thought the same thing :-]

anyhow, this is probably happening now. in sudan.

[smokingfrog]

They should teach them something useful — like how many rocks you need to sell to buy a pair of Air Jordans.

[Salamander]

“who is the idiot who thought this was a good idea why not ask if 10 irishmen picked 90 potatoes and gave the land owner 12 how many would be left during the famine?”

LOLOL

[oh...wait...was I supposed to act victimized and offended?]

LOLOL

[Salamander]

Bazinga!

[cynwoody]

THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES HIGH SCHOOL MATH PROFICIENCY EXAM 
 
 
       NAME____________________
 
       GANG NAME______________


1. Little Johnny has an AK 47 with a 30 round clip. He
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2. Jose has 2 ounces of cocaine. If he sells an 8 ball to
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4. Jerome wants to cut the pound of cocaine he bought for
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6. Raoul got 6 years for murder. He also got $10,000 for
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Extra credit bonus: how much more time will he get for
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