One of the many things wrong with our societyFollow

So a teacher was giving a history lesson and decided to give a more thorough example on what it might have been like to be transported as a slave. God forbid she actually decided to use tape to bind the students!

Not such a smart idea using black students in the demonstration. Still though, remember how boring history class could be when the weather was nice or some exciting outdoor activity beckoned? I think the teacher was doing a rather grand job at livening up a traditionally boring subject for students.



Shand of course being the parent of one of the two students. No one was hurt. If the student was psychologically hurt, she really needs thicker skin.

Also, this little bit:



So what, next you're going to stop teaching about the holocaust and slavery entirely? We wouldn't want to hurt the childwens feewings right?

I don't think it's likely that the student "burst into tears at home" like the mother said. In fact, I think the student would likely have refused to participate in the event if it bothered them that bad, or at the very least, given the teacher some indication that it was making her uncomfortable, and therefore, probably not a good idea. Chances are, this is a case of a mother overreacting and making a mountain out of a mole hill.

I wonder if the teacher automatically picked two black students, or if she asked for volunteers? The article doesn't say, specifically. If the girl volunteered, the mother's argument is moot.

I wouldn't assume the child was lying, but the article never stated teh child said she cried. Only that the mother said the child cried. The color of the student/mother is irrelevant when I say that mothers are prone to overreacting to things that happen at school, and often pursue action where the child may not prefer it.

Honestly, I think the idea was pretty good in terms of teaching the horror of slavery outside of a textbook, but she probably could have used a bandana or some other cloth binding over tape and picked one white/one black student. Still... it was probably masking tape or scotch tape, both of which are easily breakable in small quantities. I just think there's a good chance the whole event is being blown out of proportion because the mother wants it to be a racial issue.



Edited, Dec 6th 2008 1:11am by BrownDuck

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When I was in third grade we had a younger teacher (mid 20s early 30s or so). She was attractive, and had the same birthday as me, and I kinda had a crush on her.

She was pulling us up to the front of the class, and then doing various things to see our reaction and show us how different people react to different things. It had something to do with a book we were reading at the time, I can't remember which one.

She called me up to the front of the class, and then kissed me on my cheek. I was a shy student and turned beet red, it was completely unexpected, and slightly embarassing as the entire class started going "oooooooo"... but it was by no means harmful to me.

It wasn't bandaged, it was atrophied because, I believe, he got his arm stuck in a cotton gin and it tore up his muscles, leaving him permanently disabled with that arm.

I was constantly upset in my Calc BC class. All the derivatives and limits made me angry. Angry that I had to do math as an asian. Thats stereotyping. I wish they would not hand out F's

Na... this was 1992 or so. Teacher sex scandals weren't a big deal then.

Yeah, you know what the "one of the many things wrong with our society" is?

******* suckers like you reading this story and and thinking anything beyond "why on Earth did I ever think reading this drivel was a good idea?"

As much as I appreciate satire, Fark is in danger of being co-opted into the very thing it purports to satirize.

I suppose it's the inexorable way of things, though, ever since Jonathan Swift signed on to endorse Starving Irish Baby Cheese Doodles.