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Is this a sad commentary on the state of the American educational system, or not?

Currently raging on the interwebz is the following math problem and the teacher's response.

8. Reasonableness
Marty ate 4/6 of his pizza.
Luis ate 5/6 of his pizza.
Marty ate more pizza than Luis.
How is this possible.

The student's answer was "Marty's pizza was bigger than Luis'"

Sounds reasonable to me.

The teacher however marked that wrong.  Stating "That is not possible because 5/6 is greater than 4/6 so Luis ate more".

That so? Tell you what Teach... I'll eat 5/6ths of a 12 inch diameter pizza if you eat 4/6ths of a three foot diameter pizza.

If I understand what the question was attempting to elicit... the ability to discard unreasonable answers (what about unreasonable questions)... the student's answer was a reasonably correct answer.

Bad question, bad teacher, good student.

What do you think? 

I think I miss real New York Style Pizza.  There is a place here that serves New York Style but in my opinion it's not quite right as the sauce is too sweet.

Cultural Appropriation?

A female student of color assaults a white male for appropriating her culture... dreadlocks.

The white student is wearing a hairstyle with roots in ancient Greece, India (he is Caucasian after all), the Nordic (Viking) countries, and the Jewish Nazarites.

The black girl is apparently upset that he is wearing a hairstyle that was appropriated by Rastafarians followed by black Americans in the 70's.

So the key question is how much of this girls culture has been appropriated from others?  How much of her culture is African?  Very little I would guess.  Glass houses and all...

REASON

Dreadlocks have varied origins, it is a hairstyle worn by some African tribes, it also has independent origins in cultures as far ranging as Europe and Asia.  

Is a white male guilty of racism for wearing dreadlocks?  Is a black female guilty of racism for attacking him over it?  Or is it just stupidity?  

 

Seriously, this is just plain wrong

Two Texas lunch ladies are fired after taking home leftovers from the school cafeteria.

Federal Law requires that workers throw away food that isn't consumed by students.

DFW CBS

In another Texas incident, this time in Killeen, a 15 year old middle school student was suspended for leaving the classroom.  The circumstance?  A girl in the class was having an asthma attack and the teacher had emailed the nurse and was awaiting a reply.  When the girl fell out of her seat and onto the floor the student said "F--- This", picked her up, and carried her to the nurses office.

USA Today 

 What the heck ever happened to common sense in this country?

The CSA - Castrated Scouts of America

Lt General Lord Baden-Powell must be rolling over in his grave... the Boy Scouts of America in obsequious deference to political correctness have banned water guns for anything but target shooting... target shooting? “Water guns and rubber band guns must only be used to shoot at targets, and eye protection must be worn.” furthermore “Pointing any type of firearm or simulated firearm at any individual is unauthorized. Scout units may plan or participate in paintball, laser tag or similar events where participants shoot at targets that are neither living nor human representations.”

BSA National Shooting Sports Program pg. 99 

Guide to Safe Scouting pg. 61

Norman Rockwell - The Scoutmaster

You've fallen a long way buddy, remember the good old days, when you had balls?