Oh, sure, we could be outraged and annoyed that any teacher of fourth-graders could be so clueless as to think it would be appropriate to distribute a “Slavery Word Problems Homework” worksheet to their students, because we would like to think that nobody would give nine-year-olds questions like “In a slave ship, there can be 3,799 slaves. One day, the slaves took over the ship. 1,897 are dead. How many slaves are alive?” Nine year olds, dude.
The part I like best is where the slaves take over the ship. Because yeah, most slavery stories had a happy ending, at least in math class if not in history class.
Wait, do 4th graders <i>have</i> history class? If so, is it about the history of algebra or the history of arithmetic?
&#039;&quot;Kaitlyn&#039;s dad has houses in Lake Tahoe, Boca Raton, Manhattan, and the Hamptons. Kaitlyn wants to fly in their Gulfstream 550 from Lake Tahoe to Boca Raton and drink Cristal champagne enroute. If she has one case of 24 bottles and guzzles down 3 how many does she have left?&quot;
Vaguely <a href="http:\/\/xkcd.com\/1134\/" target="_blank">relevant</a>.
Oh, I don&#039;t know.
A bucket list.
A good start!
<i>This</i> is why I frequent the Wonket/
In M Doughty terms: <i>You snooze, you lose, Well I have snost and lost </i>
I had forgotten this little beauty, thanks so much MilwaukeeKent can I call you Mil?
Urp! That was supposed to be &quot;It&quot;, not &quot;I&quot;. And now you have me thinking that maybe I&#039;ve wasted my life.
I can&#039;t mention the branch of mathematics that destroyed my math mark without my comment falling under the ban-hammer.
I knew it would be Scott who enjoyed it. I was in a high school play with him.
Best comment on those &quot;paintings&quot; yet.
Well, not to destroy your point, but she was a student teacher, not a grade 4 student. Still, good for her.
I had this explained in a fortune cookie once. It said, A melon on the roof will roll both ways.
Still trying to figure out how the melon got on the roof to begin with, and whether the melon is gay or just experimenting.
That&#039;s what&#039;s wrong with these story problems: they raise more questions than they answer. Like: Slavery, WTF man?
The part I like best is where the slaves take over the ship. Because yeah, most slavery stories had a happy ending, at least in math class if not in history class.
Wait, do 4th graders <i>have</i> history class? If so, is it about the history of algebra or the history of arithmetic?
They have their finger on the pulse.
&#039;&quot;Kaitlyn&#039;s dad has houses in Lake Tahoe, Boca Raton, Manhattan, and the Hamptons. Kaitlyn wants to fly in their Gulfstream 550 from Lake Tahoe to Boca Raton and drink Cristal champagne enroute. If she has one case of 24 bottles and guzzles down 3 how many does she have left?&quot;