This can't be real

[vraiblonde]

‘Who’s The Daddy?’ Homework Assignment Prompts Parent Complaint « CBS Detroit

The principal of Romeo High School has called an outraged father to apologize about a controversial homework assignment.

The 9th grade biology worksheet sent home with students this week featured questions about a mother trying to determine the identity of her baby’s father.

People are brain dead and teachers are certainly not exempt from that, but come on. I can't imagine any teacher who would be this clueless.

Seriously, I think "reporters" make this stuff up.

 

[nhboy]

Lazy teacher!

From the article:

"Campbell said the teacher, who got the worksheet from a teaching website, has apologized.

“Teachers use all kinds of different resources that are available to them,” Campbell said. “[This incident] brings in awareness for all of our staff to, you know, be more thoughtful and reflective about the items they use when they put them on a homework assignment.”

According to Campbell, only one parent complained. "

 

[Gilligan]

Looks to me like the teacher was promoting the development of a very useful skill set....considering the location.

 

[CaneCorso]

‘Who’s The Daddy?’ Homework Assignment Prompts Parent Complaint « CBS Detroit


People are brain dead and teachers are certainly not exempt from that, but come on. I can't imagine any teacher who would be this clueless.

Seriously, I think "reporters" make this stuff up.

Remember doing genetics in school trying to figure out dominate versus recessive traits? Imagine the sh!tstorm if he bought a couple of cheap DNA kits online and sent them home with a couple of students and WHOOPS!

 

[mAlice]

Even more pathetic, only one parent complained.

 

[Retrodeb54]

‘Who’s The Daddy?’ Homework Assignment Prompts Parent Complaint « CBS Detroit


People are brain dead and teachers are certainly not exempt from that, but come on. I can't imagine any teacher who would be this clueless.

Seriously, I think "reporters" make this stuff up.

I can't go so far as to think it was made up. Since the possibility of things like this happening is so high these days. Nothing surprises me anymore, I think the shock factor part of my mind is gone.

I do think its a good assignment to learn how the process works. Learning how DNA is applied to many things is something this generation needs to learn. Its just tacky in its wording and amount of possibilities. Overkill if you will. Just to show 'possibility A-B for them to do 'the math' would have been enough I feel. JMHO

 

[Chris0nllyn]

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[Hijinx]

Send a worksheet to Obama, and one to Ron Reagan Jr.

 

[Merlin99]

‘Who’s The Daddy?’ Homework Assignment Prompts Parent Complaint « CBS Detroit


People are brain dead and teachers are certainly not exempt from that, but come on. I can't imagine any teacher who would be this clueless.

Seriously, I think "reporters" make this stuff up.

I don't know that I object to it, it seems like a good way to frame the question.

 

[cwo_ghwebb]

About Us | Michigan Coalition for High Student Standards

Common Core State Standards Initiative | In the States

Who was it that said "We used to teach Latin and Greek in high school, but now we teach remedial English in college." ??

The progressive agenda in education has dumbed down our children.

 

[nhboy]

Who was it that said "We used to teach Latin and Greek in high school, but now we teach remedial English in college." ?

Joseph Sobran

 

[BOP]

Even more pathetic, only one parent complained.

It's the only family in the school with more than one parent in the house?

 

[BigBlue]

People are brain dead and teachers are certainly not exempt from that, but come on. I can't imagine any teacher who would be this clueless.

Seriously, I think "reporters" make this stuff up.

Something like this having to do with abortion happen at Westlake in Waldorf about 10/12 years ago .Teacher gave assignment to some kids to debate about abortion ,someone was ask to stand in for a missing student(and did very well) by a teacher ,afterwards another Teacher who was aloud to sit in but not her class berated the kids to a point that I think got her suspended .(not sure).What the hell did the Teacher think would happen ?

 

[edinsomd]

Something like this having to do with abortion happen at Westlake in Waldorf about 10/12 years ago .Teacher gave assignment to some kids to debate about abortion ,someone was ask to stand in for a missing student(and did very well) by a teacher ,afterwards another Teacher who was aloud to sit in but not her class berated the kids to a point that I think got her suspended .(not sure).What the hell did the Teacher think would happen ?

Reading that made my eyes hurt. Did you actually have a point, or does your hat cover it?

 

[MarieB]

Even more pathetic, only one parent complained.

That was my first thought too

 

[BigBlue]

Reading that made my eyes hurt. Did you actually have a point, or does your hat cover it?

Are you always this stupid or is today a special occasion?

 

[MarieB]

Looks to me like the teacher was promoting the development of a very useful skill set....considering the location.

From a detroiter that I know, that area (Romeo) is about 95% white