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A Long Island middle school teacher is currently under investigation after allegedly assigning students to come up with captions under pictures of slavery and to "write something funny."
According to a woman whose granddaughter attends John W. Dodd Middle School in Freeport, N.Y., students were instructed to write the captions underneath black-and-white photos of enslaved people in cotton fields and to make them “funny,” as the teacher allegedly didn't want to be bored.
I cannot think of a single excuse for that kind of assignment from a teacher unless it was some kind of dementia or some other mental disorder or disease. (Not that that would make it acceptable, but at least it would be a reason.)
Or maybe it didn't really happen, although that was not the first thing that came to my mind, and I don't think that is the case.
I'm guessing the teacher didn't create this lesson, but rather, distributed it and is too brain-dead to really look at the pics, and think of what the captions should be.
All she's thinking about is here's this thing I have to grade, entertain me.
Without really considering the content.
Or anyway, to think otherwise would make her evil, and not just stupid.
..maybe her brother-in-law is an agent, was trolling for some new talent???...
...a lot of 'funny' comedians came from long island...Jerry Seinfeld, Howard Stern, Opie & Anthony, Rosie O'Donnell, Eddie Murphy, Andy Kaufman, Kevin James, Billy Crystal, Rodney Dangerfield...the list goes on...not to mention Bob Keeshan(Captain Kangaroo) as well....
Middle school, so 7th- 8th graders I'm guessing. Did these kids not object or discuss the assignment with the teacher. I think they are old enough to form an opinion. As well when mine was in middle school I was pretty privy to his assignments. I actually had to sign his assignment folder each week. It strikes me odd that a kid not in her class showed it to grandma who posted it on FB. Why not go to the teacher. Thats what I would do if I saw it in my kids assignment.
Silly Conservative indoctrination school. What's next ? The Earth is 6,000 years old ?
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