Posted on 04/30/2014 2:43:58 PM PDT by 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.
Love that picture!
Ok, so maybe I could read all the responses before posting, ya think?!
It must be that “new” math. Snicker!
No not that Uncle Buck but he actually was quite a character. He was technically my Great Uncle, his wife was my Grand Mother’s Sister.
He had literally been a hobo during the early 30s. My Father always was very fond of him.
We need to get more young FReepers interested in journalism and teaching. These liberals are completely nuts!
Get to work. America needs this NOW!
Well, sometimes rattlesnakes were a problem...
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That would be great.
I guess it was really hard work — hot, too.
Lots and lots of cotton was raised in the Central part of California.
I live in Memphis TN cotton fields all around us.
Hot depended on the particular year. Cotton gets done in early fall. You might have 95+ days then but not like in August usually. Sometimes you have nice sunny days with low humidity and temps in the high 70’s.
Yea it's the right climate there for it. You know what is strange on the other side of the state is I haven't seen a tobacco field in years and I live in a rural county. 20 years ago you saw quite a few.
In the article they are saying this was in Redmond, Washington State? I don't think so. LOL.
Where the hell do they find cotton in Redmond? Microsoft campus?
Many years ago there was a professor at Stanford who tried a similar exercise. Instead of owner/slave it was prison guard/prisoner. They had to stop the exercise half way through. It turned out badly.
A virtual cotton field. LOL.
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