Nothing but respect/admiration for teachers --- But-

[packman]

Gwinnett County school district officials said Thursday that they are addressing a teacher’s recent homework assignment to sixth-graders asking them to draw a Nazi mascot.

The assignment was given Monday at Shiloh Middle School, said Sloan Roach, a school district spokeswoman. A parent contacted Gwinnett school officials to raise concerns about the exercise, Roach said.

“The year is 1935 and you have been tasked with creating a mascot to represent the Nazi party at its political rallies,” the assignment read. “Think about all of the information you have learned about Hitler and the Nazi party. You will create a COLORFUL illustration of the mascot. Give the mascot a NAME. You will also write an explanation as to why the mascot was chosen to represent the Nazi party.”

Gwinnett officials said the unidentified teacher was teaching a social studies class that was studying, in part, the rise of Nazism and its use of propaganda and events that led to the Holocaust

I wonder if it ever crossed the teacher's mind - even for a few seconds - "You know, this might not be appropriate for 6th graders."

http://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/gwinnett-county-teacher-under-fire-for-nazi-homework-exercise/4ySPJKI5glTUQ6BI76a96J/

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. And further assingments could include

creating a colorful logo for Auschwitz. Architectural renderings of the guard towers at concentration camps. An ad campaign for Topf and Sons in 1942. You can look them up.

Harnessing the imagination of children is special!

Oh, and assume the sarcasm thingy.

[msongs]

2. easy to do. just draw pics of trump/pence wearing anything nt