Posted on 11/22/2017 2:05:02 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
PARKERS PRAIRIE, Minn. — A hypothetical zombie apocalypse is to blame for recent controversy at Parkers Prairie High School in west-central Minnesota.
A teacher gave ninth-grade geography students an assignment that Principal Carey Johnson initially said is part of a nationally recognized curriculum called Zombie-Based Learning. One of the questions asked students to choose three people to sacrifice during a zombie apocalypse and explain why they were chosen.
The assignment from teacher angered some parents of ninth-graders, such as Michelle Diedrich.
“I told her (the principal) I want a copy of the zero for my daughter’s grade,” Diedrich said. “I will be proud because that zero is how many children she (the daughter) gave up.”
While the Zombie-Based Learning curriculum, created by Washington state teacher David Hunter, has been used in the district for a number of years, this specific question had never been included alongside the curriculum previously. Hunter said it is not part of the curriculum he has written.
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It has to make a little more sense for it to have any value. At least say, “Your mom broke her leg, so she’s slow. But, she knows which plants have medicinal value and which are poisonous. Your brother is healthy and strong, but all he wants to do is smoke weed all day.” Etc. The way it’s presented, you have to make up the people, their attributes, the contextual circumstances. This isn’t a geography lesson. It’s creative writing.
“Why is this a bad assignment?”
Perhaps because it has NOTHING to do with GEOGRAPHY?
It’s no wonder that our “snowflakes” are so ignorant...
...and so afraid.
I like situational ethics questions from liberals.
Like, “How many Muslims are you willing to kill to save one of your children?”
My answer: “All of them.”
(Cue the sound of liberal heads exploding)
I’m not sacrificing anybody. The first three that go, go.
You have to be able to live with yourself. If however, I catch anybody pulling a ‘Shane’ and shooting someone else in the leg to make a getaway themselves, they’re on my list.
But being put in a (theoretical) position where you have the power of life and death over another human being can be a great thought-provoker.
i didn’t really consider GEOGRAPHY, when I asked the question. I was considering it more holistically. I’ve seen Freepers suggest that they’ve, and I’ll admit that I myself have , built a “list”. Seems like good planning to me - although these days I’ve begun the wonder who’s got a list and who’s full of shit. Excuse my language. Snowflakes especially.
I was given such exercises when I was in the military. I thought it was very Hitleresque.
You thought correctly.
Communistic even. See post 16. See post 20 on Situation Ethics.
“Lifeboat scenario” that was the one!
Islam , oops we mean , zombie apocalypse
Your tax dollars at play.
What does this have to do with geography?
What if one of those objects is an AR-15?
-PJ
Lots of good answers here on FR.
I am surprised no one pointed out that there are no such things as zombies, therefore there is no need to worry about sacrificing anyone.
I would find it highly annoying to have my kids learning about zombies. Also creepy.
Ah, the glorious return of Death Education to our schools! It sort of went underground after Columbine, but nothing’s too good for “our” children.
“Why is this a bad assignment?”
Perhaps because it has NOTHING to do with GEOGRAPHY?
It’s no wonder that our “snowflakes” are so ignorant...
...and so afraid.
I agree with you that planning for disasters, natural or man-made, makes good sense.
And, like you, I have a “list” of essential “supplies” I might need if a disaster lasts for longer than a few days. The “supplies” are stored where I can easily get them if I want them.
I have also identified sources of wild food and running water very near to my home if I should need to augment my supplies.
IMHO, students would be inspired to think about their real “survival needs” if they read “One Second After”. No “zombies” there, just an EMP attack (like the one threatened by the NORKs) and its long-term consequences.
If all the students wrote in the teacher’s name to sacrifice, they would stop this stuff.
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