yo mama Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Which one do you want? The trashy looking one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditkaless Wonders Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 And with Martin Luther King Day and then Black History month coming up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEC=UGA Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 And with Martin Luther King Day and then Black History month coming up. If a fire hose puts out 500 gallons of water per minute at 350 PSI... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I think the most shocking thing about this article is the revelation that there are third graders in Georgia who can read. wurd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainHook Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 If your slave runs for 2200 yards on 300 carries, how much do you have to pay him next season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Holy Roller Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Speaking of Georgia 3rd graders... What's the Georgia definition of virgin? The ugliest girl in the 3rd grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEC=UGA Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Speaking of Georgia 3rd graders... What's the Georgia definition of virgin? The ugliest girl in the 3rd grade. WRONG!!!! The ugly ones put out earlier than the hot ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 This past week I have helped both of my daughters study for social studies tests that they had today. My oldest is in 5th grade and her test was on the time frame right before the civil war . Part of that was about slavery in the north and south but they didnt even use the word slaves. I gues they felt "enslaved Africans" was more politically correct. Next up civil war. cant wait to work on that with my kid Suck it south !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEC=UGA Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 This past week I have helped both of my daughters study for social studies tests that they had today. My oldest is in 5th grade and her test was on the time frame right before the civil war . Part of that was about slavery in the north and south but they didnt even use the word slaves. I gues they felt "enslaved Africans" was more politically correct. Next up civil war. cant wait to work on that with my kid Suck it south !! You want me to do a write up on the Civil War from the "Southern Perspective" that she can turn in to her teacher? Seriously, I'll be happy to do it. Odds are it will be written right at a fifth grade level. Also, one does need to specify the origin of said slaves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Suck it south !! I am thinken a good burning / cleansing is in order about right now!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 You want me to do a write up on the Civil War from the "Southern Perspective" scoreboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 (edited) You want me to do a write up on the Civil War from the "Southern Perspective" You have already failed. Everybody knows that from a "Southern Perspective" the appropriate name of the event is "The War of Northern Aggression". Edited January 14, 2012 by wiegie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditkaless Wonders Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 This past week I have helped both of my daughters study for social studies tests that they had today. My oldest is in 5th grade and her test was on the time frame right before the civil war . Part of that was about slavery in the north and south but they didnt even use the word slaves. I gues they felt "enslaved Africans" was more politically correct. Next up civil war. cant wait to work on that with my kid Suck it south !! And the Egyptians merely made the Isrealites temporary involuntary guests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditkaless Wonders Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Those in the sex slave market are cajoled affection engineers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEC=UGA Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 A Beaver Ridge Elementary School teacher involved in giving slavery themed math questions to students has resigned, a Gwinnett County Schools spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday. The unidentified teacher quit during a human resources investigation into the origin of the homework assignment. School officials said one teacher created the slave math questions, which used references to beatings and picking cotton to link a history lesson about Frederick Douglass to math computation. It was used in four classrooms. One of the problems: "If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week?" Sloan Roach, a spokeswoman for Gwinnett Schools, said the teacher who resigned is one of four under a personnel investigation. She said the school probe concluded late Tuesday. "The principal will move forward immediately to fill the vacancy created by this resignation," Roach said in a statement. "As this is a personnel matter, the district will not elaborate further." Using slave beatings to teach math concepts in a public school is shocking enough. But equally puzzling to some parents is that such a concept would emerge from Beaver Ridge, a school in which 88 percent of students are either black or Hispanic and half the staff is non-white. The incident at Beaver Ridge ended up casting an international spotlight on Georgia and its racial past. Given the diversity of Beaver Ridge, the case, though, is far more complex. And it underscores the need by all teachers — regardless of their race — to better understand the students they’re teaching as school systems become more diverse. When teachers fail to be sensitive to the cultural differences of their students, they run the risk of losing them with lessons that miss the mark and alienate parents. In a message on the school’s website, Beaver Ridge Principal Jose DeJesus told parents that the lesson did not meet his standards: “We are working to ensure that this does not happen again.” But where the breakdown occurred, which allowed the assignment to be distributed and sent home, is unclear. The district said the 20-question homework sheet failed to undergo a mandatory content review. Not the first time One parent, Plechette Walker, was so surprised about the questions that she showed up at school seeking answers. “You have Africans, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, blacks and whites [attending Beaver Ridge],” she said. “The teachers are multicultural. You would think that in dealing with issues of race they would be very, very sensitive.” This incident shows even multicultural staffs can show cultural “ignorance” said Jane Elliott, a consultant who developed a program on cultural competency. The experiences of people vary by region and country on how they see race, she said. Georgia requires education majors at its colleges to take a class to help them to understand their cultural experiences and how to relate to the students they may teach. Gwinnett County school officials said the assignment betrayed such training and was a clumsy way to tie a history lesson to math computation. It’s not the first time something like this has happened. Last school year, a third-grade teacher at Chesney Elementary in Gwinnett assigned a reading packet that contained the story “What Is an Illegal Alien?” It had not been reviewed first. And in September, Cobb County students were asked to write about dress codes and read a fictional two-page letter written by a 20-year-old Saudi Arabian woman who spoke approvingly of her fiance’s multiple wives and the law of Sharia. It also had not been reviewed. The latest lesson might have gotten lost under a mountain of competing teacher responsibilities, suspects Calvine Rollins, president of the Georgia Association of Educators. “Teachers are under the gun to do a whole lot,” he said. Sometimes, assignments get pushed out without a glance. “They could definitely be overlooked.” Timothy Johnson, founder and president of the Frederick Douglass Foundation, says workload, though, is no excuse for sending such math questions home with kids. “How many lashes did Frederick get? Unacceptable,” Johnson said. Johnson suggests this as a “more appropriate” question about the noted orator and activist who counseled President Abraham Lincoln: “If Frederick made five speeches a year between 1845 and 1890, how many speeches would he have made in 45 years?” Multiple quality checks Many of the lessons public school students take home undergo extensive review. Lessons and questions in textbooks take nearly two years to develop and undergo multiple quality checks, said Jay A. Diskey, executive director of the Association of American Publishers’ school division. “A panel of academic reviewers go through the books to specifically look for bias.” Building a math lesson that references slavery — and making sure it is appropriate — takes training and skill, said Brenda Fitzgerald, a consultant with Georgia Education Training Agency. A social studies lesson on slavery goes better with reading, but combining slavery and math would not be “the best practice.” “What’s important is how many oranges were picked and how many were left,” Fitzgerald said. “What’s not important is whether it was a slave.” Christopher Braxton, whose son brought home the slave math lesson, agrees. It’s why he complained to school officials, organized third-grade parents, participated in a protest in front of the school, and echoed the Georgia NAACP’s call for the termination of those who wrote and distributed the questions. Braxton said that Wednesday's teacher resignation should only be the “tip of the iceberg” in handling the slave math incident. He said he wants counselors to speak to students impacted by the questions and the fallout. Braxton said diversity training for the staff is needed and the others involved in the copying and distributing of the slave math assignment should not go unpunished. “They had a part to play in it too,” he said. “They passed it on. If one robbed the bank and the other three knew about it, they all were suspects. I believe they should be fired.” Tim Callahan, spokesman for the Professional Association of Georgia Educators, said what happened at Beaver Ridge shouldn’t end the careers of dedicated teachers. “It’s a good teachable moment not just for the students, but for the adults as well.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt770 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 “You have Africans, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, blacks, Mexicans, Africans and more Mexicans [attending Beaver Ridge],” she said. “The teachers are Mexican. You would think that in dealing with issues of race they would be very, very Mexican.” Fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEC=UGA Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Fixed At my daughter's nursery most of the teachers? are Mexican... She's almost freaking fluent in Spanish already. So I've been teaching her Turkish, I really want to be there one day when they're counting stuff and she's doing it in Turkish and the teacher? is all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Tim Callahan, spokesman for the Professional Association of Georgia Educators, said what happened at Beaver Ridge shouldn’t end the careers of dedicated teachers. So that's what happened to TimC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEC=UGA Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 So that's what happened to TimC. He finally made it out of Yankee-land. Good for him. Though, we really don't need any more people of Irish lineage down here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joessfl Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Why is it that everyone always forget us Pollocks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 So that's what happened to TimC. Everything is becoming so clear now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt770 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Why is it that everyone always forget us Pollocks? Love me some imitation crab w/cocktail sauce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joessfl Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Love me some imitation crab w/cocktail sauce. Thanks. I lost my milk...through my nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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