re: “However, unless this was a senior or junior level High School AP class and not a grade school assignment (which I believe was speciously documented after the fact), there is no educational basis for what this woman was trying to do, period.”
According to the article, this was a high school assignment. I didn’t see a particular grade level mentioned, but if it was a high school class, then I don’t think the material is beyond them.
I agree there are a lot of “anecdotal” stories everyday about public schools and some of the crazies there are within it. But, remember, just as we suspect all the crap that the news media spews out, I would take some of these stories with a grain of salt. Remember that there are about a half a million public schools (elementary to high school), and ANY organization that big is bound to have idiots and crazies in them. But, I don’t necessarily believe that all teachers or all administrators are equally idiotic. But, that’s another issue.
As to this particular teacher, I just don’t know enough information to condemn her - yet.
It was 10th grade BTW per DmanA.
I am not about to be as forgiving as you are on this. I find the premise, content and explanation of this assignment by this ‘teacher’ despicable and indefensible.
We can just leave it at that. I’m expecting her to be fired at the minimum, but my expectations won’t be realized. The organizational structure under which she is operating has apparently fallen way too short in my opinion, because she felt it appropriate to assign such a task in the first place.