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Mom says offensive question went too far("LaShamanda has a heterozygous big bootie")
Charlotte Observer ^ | Friday, Nov. 14, 2014 | WBTV

Posted on 11/14/2014 7:37:03 AM PST by Sam's Army

A Charlotte mother is expressing concern after a class assignment she considers offense was given to high school students, some say it has racial undertones.

“I was completely stunned,” the mother said. “This is not appropriate language at all for the children in the school.”

The question was from a test on genetics.

"LaShamanda has a heterozygous big bootie, the dominant trait. Her man Fontavius has a small bootie which is recessive. They get married and have a baby named LaPrincess," the biology assignment prompts students.

The assignment then continues to ask "What is the probability that LaPrincess will inherit her mama's big bootie?"

The mother says the assignment was given last Monday and she reached out to the teacher for an explanation for the question.

"I am extremely concerned that this type of language is being used and considered expectable [sic] to be issued to students," she said while asking for an explanation.

According to an image of the assignment provided to WBTV, the questions before and after the "bootie" question revolved around "stinky feet" and the height of plants.

The mother showed WBTV an email apology she reportedly received from the teacher "if the question offended you."

"I had asked the students to pick two of the remaining questions on the worksheet and did not necessarily assign that particular one," the teacher said.

She continued, "I apologize if it offended you or your child."

The teacher said the worksheet had been passed down to her by other teachers who have been using it. It was also reportedly part of the "Summer School Biology Notebook Packet" that teachers were given by the school district.

WBTV's Dedrick Russell reached out to the school district to ask about the worksheet. "The worksheet does not appear to be a document created by CMS," the officials said. "The school has taken the worksheet out of circulation and requested its teachers to discontinue using it."

The mother is relieved the question will not be used again.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/11/14/5314339/bootie-problem-at-cms-mom-says.html#storylink=cpy


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To: Sam's Army
"LaShamanda has a heterozygous big bootie, the dominant trait. Her man Fontavius has a small bootie which is recessive. They get married and have a baby named LaPrincess. What is the probability that LaPrincess will inherit her mama's big bootie?"

We have a winner!


61 posted on 11/14/2014 9:16:27 AM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Sam's Army

Undertones? Ya think? But pretty damn creative!


62 posted on 11/14/2014 9:31:21 AM PST by jagusafr (the American Trinity (Liberty, In G0D We Trust, E Pluribus Unum))
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To: Sam's Army

We have been racing to accommodate the lowest common denominator on a massive social scale for 50+ years ... the lowest common denominator is very low.


63 posted on 11/14/2014 9:42:47 AM PST by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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To: Blennos

> Your answer is correct but irrelevant. The important matter is how you feeeeeeel about the question. Modern education, you know.

There should be an emoticon for “Laughing and crying at the same time.”


64 posted on 11/14/2014 9:48:57 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("I Only Love You When I'm Drunk" - http://youtu.be/uT-tCbvfDUg)
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To: MrB
They get married and have a baby named LaPrincess,....

"Bravo!" say I, Mr. B.
The curvavaceous LaShamanda and the wiry Fontavious got married before the baby come. Fontavious be the father. LaShamanda be the mother. This must be some sort of nuclear family, worthy of every encouragement.

Booker T. Washington and I are proud of the progress obviously being made in this skoo ditrick! I know Fontavious quite well, though. I must report that many of his female relatives, (though not all) exhibutt classic heterozygous steatopygia, so La Princess may well have an impressive background.

65 posted on 11/14/2014 10:05:43 AM PST by Kenny Bunk (Who is a citizen? How did he get that way? What kind of citizen is he?)
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To: Kenny Bunk

Good catch - I didn’t see that. That’s definitely unusual and out of character for the culture in question.

It might even be considered culturally insensitive to refer to their marital status in such a manner.


66 posted on 11/14/2014 11:03:10 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Gaffer
Yes, little Nyquille was very upset! As was her sister, Vagisil.

Their little brother Absorbine Jr. thought it was kind of funny though.

67 posted on 11/14/2014 11:06:22 AM PST by seowulf (Cogito cogito, ergo cogito sum. Cogito.---Ambrose Bierce)
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To: spodefly
We have been racing to accommodate the lowest common denominator on a massive social scale for 50+ years ... the lowest common denominator is very low.

In fact the social LCD is a moving target, descending steadily.

68 posted on 11/14/2014 12:08:52 PM PST by Blennos
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To: MrB
.....definitely unusual and out of character for the culture in question.....

I know I can trust you to keep this under your hat, Mr. B. We certainly wouldn't want LaShamanda and Fontavious' classmates finding out about the marriage plan. Those two model citizens may well risk getting the crap beaten out of them for "acting white."

69 posted on 11/14/2014 7:05:07 PM PST by Kenny Bunk (Who is a citizen? How did he get that way? What kind of citizen is he?)
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