Under the WTF Category: 'If Fred Got Two Beatings Per Day…' Homework Asks

[UpInArms]

http://news.yahoo.com/fred-got-two-beatings-per-day-homework-asks-230717586--abc-news.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwZjBsbnJ2BF9TAzIyMDM4Mjc1MjMEZW1haWxJZAMxMzI2MDUwNDY5

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?"

Another question asked how many baskets of cotton Frederick filled.

"I was furious at that point," Braxton said.

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Maybe I live under a rock, but I really didn't know that this type of shit even happens in our world

:shakeshead:

[Wait Wut]

1. I didn't believe this.

So, I read the whole article and saw the pics. WTF, is putting it mildly. WTHFC is closer.

[ashling]

5. WTHFC ?

What Tottenham Hotspur Football Club? (monthly pass only 19.99 Pounds!)

[Duer 157099]

7. What the

holy f'ing christ? Just a guess based on context.

[Wait Wut]

9. Ding!

[noiretextatique]

2. several threads about this yesterday and today, and i still say

were the people who wrote this shit thinking.

[kestrel91316]

6. I suspect the people who wrote those questions knew exactly what they were doing,

and had a good laugh among themselves in the process.

[UpInArms]

4. thanks - I missed that thread

and am still ....

appalled

[DeathToTheOil]

8. Jesus!

Are these textbooks from the Texan publishing place we've all heard of?