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An Ohio school district is in hot water after the mother of a black fifth-grader said her son was assigned to play a slave for a social studies lesson.
WTF? With a teacher like this, then maybe the Republicans are right about wanting to gut the teachers' unions there. LOL.
But, seriously, this teacher should be given a pink slip, the sooner the better.
Article is here.
In what kinda classroom is it even okay for slavery to be acted out??
Social studies, apparently.
political correctness run amok.
WTF? With a teacher like this, then maybe the Republicans are right about wanting to gut the teachers' unions there. LOL.
But, seriously, this teacher should be given a pink slip, the sooner the better.
Article is here.
OK... I have a few questions. When the classroom was divided into "slaves" and "masters" was race taken into consideration? Were there blacks and whites on both sides? If this is the case, though somewhat insensitive, I do NOT see this as a racial issue and I'm not sure what the big deal is. For example, I know a lot of schools, when studying WWII, do "mock" Holocaust lessons, where classrooms are divided into "Nazi's" and "Jews". It gives students a feeling of what it was like and how easily power could corrupt (similar to the Stanford Prison Experiment). Should Jewish students be prevented from playing "Jews"? No, though a bit insensitive, if explained appropriately, I don't see a problem with this.
I dont know if the classroom is the appropriate place for social experimentation, especially if the teacher isnt trained...there is a reason we have IRBs...still...if the class make-up was totally at random and kids and no one was specifically singled out for a particular role, I think its much ado about nothing.
OK... I have a few questions. When the classroom was divided into "slaves" and "masters" was race taken into consideration? Were there blacks and whites on both sides? If this is the case, though somewhat insensitive, I do NOT see this as a racial issue and I'm not sure what the big deal is. For example, I know a lot of schools, when studying WWII, do "mock" Holocaust lessons, where classrooms are divided into "Nazi's" and "Jews". It gives students a feeling of what it was like and how easily power could corrupt (similar to the Stanford Prison Experiment). Should Jewish students be prevented from playing "Jews"? No, though a bit insensitive, if explained appropriately, I don't see a problem with this.
OK... I have a few questions. When the classroom was divided into "slaves" and "masters" was race taken into consideration? Were there blacks and whites on both sides? If this is the case, though somewhat insensitive, I do NOT see this as a racial issue and I'm not sure what the big deal is. For example, I know a lot of schools, when studying WWII, do "mock" Holocaust lessons, where classrooms are divided into "Nazi's" and "Jews". It gives students a feeling of what it was like and how easily power could corrupt (similar to the Stanford Prison Experiment). Should Jewish students be prevented from playing "Jews"? No, though a bit insensitive, if explained appropriately, I don't see a problem with this.
There wouldn't be a problem unless it adversely affects the kids, and that seems to be the problem. We are talking about elementary school kids here, who don't have the maturity to see it the way you presented it. IMHO, the teacher was just dumb.
There wouldn't be a problem unless it adversely affects the kids, and that seems to be the problem. We are talking about elementary school kids here, who don't have the maturity to see it the way you presented it. IMHO, the teacher was just dumb.
We did the same thing in 8th grade world history.
I don't completely disagree with the age issue. Most "Holocaust" experiments that I know of, occur at the high school level. Still, I don't think this was completely out of line, if the division of the children was randomized.
They can't handle a real illustration of slavery but they can somehow handle comprehensive how-to sex-ed? You libs are messed up.
Was the division of savory randomized?
In the article? It didn't say, but I would suspect that it was.
Yup. Though I never did it, I've had lots of clients that have done it. One client, playing a "Nazi" organized some of her "fellow Nazi's" to fight back and join with the "Jews" to fight "the oppressive" school administrators (who organized the experiment). She got them to stop within the day. THAT was an interesting lesson in and of itself.
Correction. Seems like there were two black students: one was a "master" the other was a "slave". Doesn't sound like there was any discrimination or intent to harm.
I dont know if the classroom is the appropriate place for social experimentation, especially if the teacher isnt trained...there is a reason we have IRBs...still...if the class make-up was totally at random and kids and no one was specifically singled out for a particular role, I think its much ado about nothing.
We had one who objected to having to play a Nazi. The teacher gave us a quick example of a real sympathizer among the Nazi ranks, and the student was symbolically 'executed' for treason against the Fuhrer.
No one got a bad grade for the exorcise, it was one of those things where you just had to be in class that day to get credit, so no harm don.
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