[N8 v2.0]

But maybe it was something the student population could relate to...

Parents Outraged Over School Math Test
NBC4 | 9/29/04

OXON HILL, Md. -- The school system in Prince George's County is apologizing to parents after a teacher gave students a math test filled with inappropriate questions.

School administrators confirmed that a 10th-grade geometry teacher at Oxon Hill High School administered the test.

Officials said the test contained phrases like "Jose has two ounces of cocaine," "Willie gets $200 for a stolen BMW," and "Raul gets six years for murder."

A parent told News4 that her 14-year-old said the teacher also explained the meaning of terms like "cutting" drugs and told them what a .357 Magnum is.

The school system said in a statement that "appropriate administrative measures will be taken, and a formal letter of apology written to parents."

A spokesman said the teacher has had an excellent professional reputation with school administrators.

 

[fluff]

Do their parents wish their kids to grow up ignorant? How old are tenth grade kids? 15?

 

[valve bouncer]

N8's puerile racism aside, it seems some teachers never learn
http://www.snopes.com/humor/question/mathtest.htm

 

[I Are Baboon]

Officials said the test contained phrases like..."Willie gets $200 for a stolen BMW,"

Willie got ripped off.

 

[bmxr]

It was obvioulsy meant as some kind of a joke by whoever wrote it originally, and that's OK if one kid passes it to another. But I agree that it is totally innapproriate for a teacher to be passing on to his/her students, particulary because it is inherently very racist.

 

[fluff]

Willie got ripped off.

All in a day's delinquency.

 

[fluff]

Where's the racism?

 

[N8 v2.0]

Where's the racism?

I think the only racism is those who look at this and conclude it must be some ethnic minority student population.

Sad really...

I looked at it, and since I have a #*&$^'ing teenager, concluded that it could apply just cuz that's how the lil' bastidichs are!

 

[ALEXIS_DH]

Where's the racism?

the names maybe¿

 

[N8 v2.0]

the names maybe¿

Nah.. can't be that since all the names in the test not only contain vowels but have them in the correct place.

 

[fluff]

the names maybe¿

So, you assume Jose is of a certain ethnic origin and N8's racist?

I think that is arse-about-face.

 

[ALEXIS_DH]

So, you assume Jose is of a certain ethnic origin and N8's racist?

I think that is arse-about-face.

no, i dont think that n8´s post was racist.

i was just saying that maybe VB got that impression since the names (jose, raul) are obviously spanish names.

 

[fluff]

Ok but Johnny and Willie are anglo-saxon names, I've never heard of Jarone... given it's origins in Southern California it may be a fair ratio?

 

[ALEXIS_DH]

Ok but Johnny and Willie are anglo-saxon names, I've never heard of Jarone... given it's origins in Southern California it may be a fair ratio?

hmm, 2 out 3 with spanish names??? and one of them is in the drug related stuff, and shares the name with the biggest cartel kingpin in SA history???....
:evil: i guess there was a chance, though likely low, the ratio was random.


hahahaha, am just neatpicking and trying to be overly pc sensitive. i dont really care.

 

[Tenchiro]

1. Abdul buys 6 cases of Sarin Grenades from his good friend. He forgets to praise Allah and to his misfortune loses 2 case. How many children of the Great Satan will Abdul be able to cleanse from the earth?

 

[ALEXIS_DH]

1. Abdul buys 6 cases of Sarin Grenades from his good friend. He forgets to praise Allah and to his misfortune loses 2 case. How many children of the Great Satan will Abdul be able to cleanse from the earth?

now, the probability for this being a random example is quite low.

haha, i got a very good email on that a while ago. i might translate and post it later on.

 

[valve bouncer]

I think the only racism is those who look at this and conclude it must be some ethnic minority student population.

Sad really...

I looked at it, and since I have a #*&$^'ing teenager, concluded that it could apply just cuz that's how the lil' bastidichs are!

As I'm sure you knew already that high school is 85% African American. You are a racist.

 

[fluff]

As I'm sure you knew already that high school is 85% African American. You are a racist.

VB, N8 may be a racist (he is dangerously right-wing after all) but the evidence in this particular thread is very thin.

I much preferred the Dr Strangelove put-down.

 

[N8 v2.0]

As I'm sure you knew already that high school is 85% African American. You are a racist.

I can't be. It's impossible.

 

[valve bouncer]

VB, N8 may be a racist (he is dangerously right-wing after all) but the evidence in this particular thread is very thin.

I much preferred the Dr Strangelove put-down.

I think his most recent post in this thread confirms it mate. Glad ya liked the Dr Strangelove one

 

[BurlyShirley]

Test seems no more racist than what undoubtedly would be the popular choice of music in said school.

 

[ohio]

Test seems no more racist than what undoubtedly would be the popular choice of music in said school.

Polka?

I think anyone who claimed ignorance of the ethnic implications of the names on the test would either be lying or really dumb (fluff and alexis, both of your views seem distorted from the American norm... which is why you are outliers in opposite directions). At the same time, I don't think its racist to point out that the questions are more relevant to kids form this school than one in rural Mississipi (where the questions should be about crystal meth and teen pregnancy). If anything, it's less of a stretch to label the teacher racist than N8 (for this thread), and even that is a stretch.

 

[Hawkeye]

1. Abdul buys 6 cases of Sarin Grenades from his good friend. He forgets to praise Allah and to his misfortune loses 2 case. How many children of the Great Satan will Abdul be able to cleanse from the earth?

Am I supposed to feel bad for laughing?

 

[genpowell71]

OOHHH OOHHH!! I can answer that one

None, because Abdul is a stupid terrorist. He popped the pin on one of them and it went off killing him and all his little terrorist buddies

 

[genpowell71]

And no, dont feel bad for laughing, I still am

 

[s1ngletrack]

Wh@t BS - God (or Allah, or whoever) forbid that the teacher try to make a joke and connect with his students or get them interested in the problem at hand. I taught in a HS in Hawaii for awhile and used to do the exact same thing with word problems - "Kekoa buys 8oz of pakalolo from Reynardo..." Big F'ing deal - those of you who would assume that the teacher is racist and should be strung up need to get a grip. A couple of my classes were so out of control when I took them over that it was the only way I found (without all the screaming / confrontation BS) that would get the students attention. And before someone starts spouting off about my teaching skills, stop and ask yourself the question "have I ever tried to teach a remedial math class in a highschool where the administration / parents can best be described as apathetic, and discipline is virtually non-existent?"

Good for the teacher for trying to get his students interested. Piss on the sallies who think that the kids are now gonna go take up Meth because they were stereotyped or because their teacher expects such behavior from minorities.

 

[jmvar]

s1ngletrack, I agree with your point that it is hard to connect with students espcially in a county (Prince George's Co., MD) that has as many educational problems as PG county does. I am sorry to tell all of the you that Oxen Hill is the hood...I lived in PG county and just recently moved.

But don't you think that the teacher could have chosen more appropriate subjects to gain the students' attention? Sport, cars (not stolen), music (appropriate), clothes, there are so many subjects that interest a teenager that could be used, there is no need to introduce stolen cars and drugs into the learning environment when the kids are already bombarded with it outside of school.

No I am not racist for "assuming" that they are bombarded with it outside of school because I LIVED IN THE AREA AND I KNOW/SEEN IT FIRST HAND, I AM NOT ASSUMING!!!!!!!!!

Another point is none of us have seen the test, if a majority of the questions are like the ones listed, the teacher has no excuse, that is completely inappropriate. I don't think he/she is racist, just inappropriate. If it was a question shot if in the middle of a chaotic Friday afternoon in order to regain the students attention, I feel like it is not as bad......

 

[N8 v2.0]

What if the teach in this case was black too...

Then what?

 

[Westy]

What if the teach in this case was black too...

Then what?

What if he was part Black, part white, asian, hispanic, eskimo?

 

[Changleen]

N8 has kids? I'm calling the CPA...

 

[Tenchiro]

2. N8 creates 16 political debate threads, Changleen posts on 39% of them. If N8 were to ride his bike more often, how many total posts would Changleen have?

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[N8 v2.0]

2. N8 creates 16 political debate threads, Changleen posts on 39% of them. If N8 were to ride his bike more often, how many total posts would Changleen have?

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Y'all be cipherin' on that fer a spell...