Washington mother upset her daughter was asked to pick cotton in class

upi ^ | April 30, 2014 | Evan Bleier

[JoeProBono]

REDMOND , Wash. A mother in Washington is upset after a teacher at her daughter’s middle school allegedly gave students an assignment that required them to pick cotton so that they could "see what it was like to be a slave."

Carolyn Walker called Redmond Middle School to inform them that her daughter would not be doing the assignment and later found out the teacher gave her daughter an F.

"My daughter is African American and for her to pick cotton when her grandparents were raised on a plantation to pick cotton, is not OK, it's not OK at all," Walker told KIRO 7. "It's not just about my daughter, all races should not have to participate in this. It's wrong, it's absolutely wrong."

According to the Lake Washington School District, the lesson was about “the impact that the invention of the cotton gin had on the Industrial Revolution."

Walker has scheduled a meeting with the teacher and the principal where she will request that the cotton lesson be dropped from the school’s curriculum.

[a fool in paradise]

I thought I read once that they did it for the military pensions.

[MayflowerMadam]

Ha! Good one.

This black mom needs to lighten up. When I was 12 I was picking crops for a local farmer to help with the household expenses. Dad was a preacher in a small country church, so “getting by” on his salary was an issue. I think that if I had kids (which I don’t), I’d make sure they put in a couple years of farm work. It builds character.

[The Cajun]

Hardest job I had as a kid was bailing hay. Honest work for 10 cents an hour.

Did the same for my grandpa, except grandpa didn't believe in a bailing machine.
You picked it up with a pitchfork and loaded the wagon, big wagon, big, big wagon, LOL.
Oh, pay was $1.00, if grandpa way happy that day :)

[JoeProBono]

I ate a lot of hay dust behind the tractor.

The farmer I worked for took a 10 minute nap after lunch and then we went bailing again.

[The Cajun]

Think that's where I learned to save money that was worked for.
After the hay barn was full to the top, you really didn't want to spend the money for while, it wasn't easy to come by.

Money given to me, birthdays, etc, was blown pretty quickly however.
Easy money versus hard money, I always remembered the hard money :)

[JoeProBono]

The hard money bought me my first 22

[Black Agnes]

http://www.southernexposure.com/cotton-c-19.html?zenid=sgf4hnmuhspse5quqms20fqul2

[chaosagent]

In the technical fields, that unit of measurement is referred to as an ‘RCH’.

[Bigg Red]

That is a really cool link. Thanks.

[Black Agnes]

It’s a decent company for gardening seeds for the SE. I’ve bought from them for several years now. Nothing but good experience so far.