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'If Fred Got Two Beatings Per Day…' Homework Asks
Yahoo! ^ | January 7, 2012 | Olivia Katrandjian

Posted on 01/07/2012 10:33:54 PM PST by Altariel

Third graders in in Gwinnett County, Ga., were given math homework Wednesday that asked questions about slavery and beatings.

Christopher Braxton told ABC News affiliate WSB-TV in Atlanta that he couldn't believe the assignment his 8-year-old son brought home from of Beaver Ridge Elementary school in Norcross.

"It kind of blew me away," Braxton said. "Do you see what I see? Do you really see what I see? He's not answering this question."

The question read, "Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?"

Another math problem read, "If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week?"

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KEYWORDS: homeschoolingisgood; homework; napl; publicschool; publicschools; school; test
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To: Vendome
The people who thought up this test and those who passed it on to the students need to be in stockades for a week

Would that be a calendar week or a work week?

41 posted on 01/07/2012 11:28:58 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Lazamataz

Should I round up the “FREE LAZ!” crew right now or wait a couple minutes?

;D


42 posted on 01/07/2012 11:29:57 PM PST by Salamander (I'm your pain.....)
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To: cynwoody
6. Raoul got 6 years for murder. He also got $10,000 for the hit. If his common-law wife spends $100 per month, how much money will be left when he gets out?

If Raoul's wife only spends a hunnert dollars a month he should get down and kiss da ground she walks on. Den go out and get anudder hit job. His kids is hungry by now.

43 posted on 01/07/2012 11:30:14 PM PST by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: Salamander

He’s overfeeding the snake, too.


44 posted on 01/07/2012 11:30:39 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Hmmmmmm......

It would be weak...


45 posted on 01/07/2012 11:31:16 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: Salamander

African or European?


46 posted on 01/07/2012 11:31:18 PM PST by Ingtar (Newt (four more for Obama) & Mitt (Obamacare) - what wonderful choices!)
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To: Jonty30; D Rider

You’d need something like a Burmese Python for prey *that* big.

[don’t ask how I know this]

;-D


47 posted on 01/07/2012 11:31:58 PM PST by Salamander (I'm your pain.....)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Or in a leap year?


48 posted on 01/07/2012 11:33:01 PM PST by Salamander (I'm your pain.....)
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To: Altariel; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
'If Fred Got Two Beatings Per Day…'

...he probably goes to a public school.


49 posted on 01/07/2012 11:35:28 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Altariel

"It kind of blew me away," Braxton said. "Do you see what I see?"


Guy's totally ripping off the night wind.
50 posted on 01/07/2012 11:35:54 PM PST by Rastus
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To: Salamander
"You can’t swallow my hypothetical query?"

Oh yeah, an African swallow, maybe, but not a European swallow. That's my point.

51 posted on 01/07/2012 11:36:34 PM PST by West Texas Chuck (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. That should be a convenience store, not a Government Agency.)
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To: cynwoody

10. Why doesn’t Joe have enough sense to keep his magnum loaded? Then he could easily empty 6 rounds into Billy within 20 seconds.


52 posted on 01/07/2012 11:37:24 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> - - -)
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To: Salamander

Ayep. Boa’d be happy with a rat every 2-3 weeks.

[Don’t ask me how I know *that*.]


53 posted on 01/07/2012 11:38:21 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: smokingfrog
"10. Why doesn’t Joe have enough sense to keep his magnum loaded? Then he could easily empty 6 rounds into Billy within 20 seconds."

The trigger on that revolver must be pretty stiff. That's like one round every ... thinking, thinking, need to pull up Calc ... 8.63 seconds. Or thereabouts.

Math was never my best subjective.

54 posted on 01/07/2012 11:40:51 PM PST by West Texas Chuck (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. That should be a convenience store, not a Government Agency.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

That’s the ~trick~ part of the question.

They do not specify the size of the Boa.

If it’s 3000 grams or so, 3 small rats fed concurrently would be equivalent to one large rat and an appropriately sized meal.

[given the rule of thumb of prey body weight equals 15% of Boa body weight]

Nor do they specify the sex of the Boa or the time of year.

A female Boa 6000 grams+ could be bulking up for breeding season while a similarly sized male would *not* be eating because of breeding season.

If it’s not breeding season at all, then even at the rate of 3 small/1 large rat per week, they are feeding too often *unless* the snake is metabolizing the rats efficiently at that rate and eliminating weekly.

[and they don’t even mention which Boidae species...what if it’s one of the dwarf Boas?!?]

;D


55 posted on 01/07/2012 11:41:48 PM PST by Salamander (I'm your pain.....)
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To: Altariel

This reminds me of a aptitude test Michael had to take on Good Times, LOL..oh and the answer is 7


56 posted on 01/07/2012 11:42:50 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Ingtar

Contextually speaking, probably African.


57 posted on 01/07/2012 11:42:58 PM PST by Salamander (I'm your pain.....)
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To: gogogodzilla; Salamander
It's tough to beat Frederick.
58 posted on 01/07/2012 11:44:17 PM PST by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: West Texas Chuck

“That’s my point. “

And it’s a great, nasty, pointy-toothed point, at that.


59 posted on 01/07/2012 11:45:23 PM PST by Salamander (I'm your pain.....)
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To: Salamander

OK, you win. ;^)

[I had a red-tail male, about 5 1/2’. Never tried breeding him.]


60 posted on 01/07/2012 11:45:35 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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