Middle School Teacher Gives Math Test About *Pimps Hos And Drug Deals*

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Officials at a Mobile, Alabama middle school have disciplined a teacher for giving students a quiz containing highly questionable subject matter that parents are calling “racist” and “offensive.”

“My son, he took a picture of it in class and he texted it to me,” parent Erica Hall told Mobile’s WALA‑TV. “I couldn’t believe it.”

According to the station, the 10-question math quiz was given to eighth-grade students in a language arts class at Burns Middle School. The test, which contains many drug and gang references, appears to have been copied from a fake quiz that is widely available online. Questions included:

Ramon has an AK-47 with a 30-round clip. He usually misses 6 out of every 10 shots and he uses 13 rounds per drive-by shooting. How many drive-by shootings can Ramon attempt before he has to steal enough ammunition and reload?

Leroy has 2 ounces of cocaine. If he sells an 8 ball to Antonio for $320 and 2 grams to Juan for $85 per gram, what is the street value of the rest of his hold?

Dwayne pimps 3 ho’s. If the price is $85 per trick, how many tricks per day must each ho turn to support Dwayne’s $500 per day crack habit?

Tyrone knocked up 4 girls in his gang. There are 20 girls in the gang. What percentage of the girls in the gang has Tyrone knocked up?

A complete list of the questions can be found at the WALA‑TV website.

Neither school officials nor parents were amused by the test.

“I’m shocked. I don’t think it’s appropriate at all,” parent Kellie Lee told WALA‑TV.

In a brief statement released to the newspaper Lagniappe on Tuesday, Mobile County Public School Superintendent Martha Peek said she regretted that the incident occurred “during the last few days of school.”
This test appears to be somewhat over the top and I really don't see the point this teacher was trying to make in testing middle school students. Apparently similar tests were given in other states around the country.

Do by our think this test was appropriate for middle schoolers?

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  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,530
    of course it's not appropriate but it is a widely spread joke that i saw variations of over a decade a go.
  • It's inappropriate for sure and really bad judgement, but I'm assuming it was issued as an attempt at humour.
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,196

    It's inappropriate for sure and really bad judgement, but I'm assuming it was issued as an attempt at humour.

    Some of the students might see the test as an attempt at humor but as a parent I wouldn't think it was funny in any way.. It appears to be her last gast at something before the teacher retires.

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  • g under p said:

    It's inappropriate for sure and really bad judgement, but I'm assuming it was issued as an attempt at humour.

    Some of the students might see the test as an attempt at humor but as a parent I wouldn't think it was funny in any way.. It appears to be her last gast at something before the teacher retires.

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    Don't get me wrong- I'm with you: inappropriate for certain.
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  • She may have been sending a message: the names in the word problems definitely reflect racist undertones.
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    i am not offended by the content of the questions. i am offended because math is hard!!
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    i was just kidding. by the way...
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,196
    I chuckled :smile: I think the answer to #4 is 20%

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  • DegeneratefkDegeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    You would have to know how many grams are in an 8 ball before answering that question. So the answer for me would be not enough information given.
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 38,665
    Math test in a language arts class? Last few days of school.
    I'd be interested to knwo what teh relationship was like between this particular class of students with the teacher was like to begin with. What kinds of topics were discussed throughout the year etc.

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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,960
    edited June 2016
    I think the teacher should be fired, not just disciplined. The level of immaturity, poor judgment, and inappropriateness displayed by this teacher is completely unacceptable. This test was given in a language arts class, not a math class. I assume the teacher thought this test would give the students some insight into how language is used. Was this a lesson in how offensive or controversial language can be? Probably. If this was the intent (and I can't think of what else it could be), the teacher is too stupid to be a teacher. There are so many great ways to teach that lesson without being racist and completely inappropriate.
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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,591
    PJ_Soul said:

    I think the teacher should be fired, not just disciplined. The level of immaturity, poor judgment, and inappropriateness displayed by this teacher is completely unacceptable. This test was given in a language arts class, not a math class. I assume the teacher thought this test would give the students some insight into how language is used. Was this a lesson in how offensive or controversial language can be? Probably. If this was the intent (and I can't think of what else it could be), the teacher is too stupid to be a teacher. There are so many great ways to teach that lesson without being racist and completely inappropriate.

    Totally agree she should be fired that's what I would be calling for if my kids were students at this school !!!
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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,382
    Is this a real story or a joke?
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,960
    Lol, true story bro. :tongue:
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,196
    PJ_Soul said:

    I think the teacher should be fired, not just disciplined. The level of immaturity, poor judgment, and inappropriateness displayed by this teacher is completely unacceptable. This test was given in a language arts class, not a math class. I assume the teacher thought this test would give the students some insight into how language is used. Was this a lesson in how offensive or controversial language can be? Probably. If this was the intent (and I can't think of what else it could be), the teacher is too stupid to be a teacher. There are so many great ways to teach that lesson without being racist and completely inappropriate.

    I agree as well, so with this being a language arts class rather than a math class doesn't it then make what this teacher did even worse? I can see no reason other than the example you gave that could possibly be her intent. That has got to be the reason or she just wanted to retire with a Big Bang. There has to be to this story.

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    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • DarthMaeglinDarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 2,617
    Will the teacher's defense be that it worked (eventually) for Prez on The Wire, lol?
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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,591
    I can see Trump coming to her defense lol
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  • what dreamswhat dreams Posts: 1,761

    Will the teacher's defense be that it worked (eventually) for Prez on The Wire, lol?

    Haha, the exact same thing came to my mind. We should stop admiring renegade teachers in movies and television. In real life, it never works!!!
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 28,523
    As someone who has been teaching for 16 years I say this particular educator should be fired. This is some dumb shit right here.
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  • what dreamswhat dreams Posts: 1,761
    As someone who has been teaching for 23 years, I think it's hilarious. I really do. The questions are hilarious, the teacher was so stupid it's hilarious, and the complaining parent is so predictable, that's hilarious to me, too.

    My guess is there is a larger context in the classroom that none of us know, and the kid who went home to tell mommy didn't share that contextual part, probably because he just didn't get it. I see it happen all the time. In today's climate, you can't say or do anything even remotely unorthodox in the classroom without some outraged parent calling to demand your head on the block. Regardless of her intent, this teacher should have predicted it was going to backfire, unless she's young and inexperienced and hasn't been burned yet.
  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576

    As someone who has been teaching for 23 years, I think it's hilarious. I really do. The questions are hilarious, the teacher was so stupid it's hilarious, and the complaining parent is so predictable, that's hilarious to me, too.

    My guess is there is a larger context in the classroom that none of us know, and the kid who went home to tell mommy didn't share that contextual part, probably because he just didn't get it. I see it happen all the time. In today's climate, you can't say or do anything even remotely unorthodox in the classroom without some outraged parent calling to demand your head on the block. Regardless of her intent, this teacher should have predicted it was going to backfire, unless she's young and inexperienced and hasn't been burned yet.

    Seriously?

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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,591

    As someone who has been teaching for 23 years, I think it's hilarious. I really do. The questions are hilarious, the teacher was so stupid it's hilarious, and the complaining parent is so predictable, that's hilarious to me, too.

    My guess is there is a larger context in the classroom that none of us know, and the kid who went home to tell mommy didn't share that contextual part, probably because he just didn't get it. I see it happen all the time. In today's climate, you can't say or do anything even remotely unorthodox in the classroom without some outraged parent calling to demand your head on the block. Regardless of her intent, this teacher should have predicted it was going to backfire, unless she's young and inexperienced and hasn't been burned yet.

    So you would be ok with a teacher doing the same thing to one of your kids ?
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,960
    edited June 2016
    I don't really find it disturbing that the kids "had this done to them". They're 13 year olds - old enough to deal with it, old enough for parents to fully discuss all the issues involved with the content of the quiz, and old enough to not be shielded from the real world (which includes ignorant, idiotic shit like this). Those kids hear worse on the playground I'm sure. The problem is the decision-making process being displayed by the teacher, and the lack of responsibility. No one should be okay with a teacher like that. People like their kids' teachers to be a lot smarter than that!
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  • what dreamswhat dreams Posts: 1,761

    As someone who has been teaching for 23 years, I think it's hilarious. I really do. The questions are hilarious, the teacher was so stupid it's hilarious, and the complaining parent is so predictable, that's hilarious to me, too.

    My guess is there is a larger context in the classroom that none of us know, and the kid who went home to tell mommy didn't share that contextual part, probably because he just didn't get it. I see it happen all the time. In today's climate, you can't say or do anything even remotely unorthodox in the classroom without some outraged parent calling to demand your head on the block. Regardless of her intent, this teacher should have predicted it was going to backfire, unless she's young and inexperienced and hasn't been burned yet.

    So you would be ok with a teacher doing the same thing to one of your kids ?
    Actually, I would call the teacher, talk to her like the adult she is, and ask her to explain what happened.

    If she said, "Oh, I'm a racist, and I think the kids need to learn how to calculate the price of drugs and whores because I know deep down that's all they will amount to," then I would take it up with her principal, who I'm sure would hold her accountable, privately. In that case, it's a personnel matter involving a private individual, and I would respect that.

    If she said, "I was teaching a lesson on racist and sexist language found in viral memes on the Internet because I'm concerned that my students don't understand how damaging to our culture these jokes are," I would be like, "Oh, okay, thank you for teaching my child to think critically." Then I would move along.

    What I would *not* do is contact the media and turn the woman into the next whipping post for public education. The parents clearly have a bigger agenda.

    And yes, seriously. I work with 13 and 14 year olds. Trust me, they are not innocent. This year, in my group alone, I've had a sexting incident involving 30 students, a boy showing porn to girls in the back of class, two kids separately using social media to threaten to shoot someone else, multiple kids with drug abuse problems . . . Please. "Oh, no, the teacher might expose my child to something unwholesome." Get your heads out of the sand, parents.
  • As someone who has been teaching for 23 years, I think it's hilarious. I really do. The questions are hilarious, the teacher was so stupid it's hilarious, and the complaining parent is so predictable, that's hilarious to me, too.

    My guess is there is a larger context in the classroom that none of us know, and the kid who went home to tell mommy didn't share that contextual part, probably because he just didn't get it. I see it happen all the time. In today's climate, you can't say or do anything even remotely unorthodox in the classroom without some outraged parent calling to demand your head on the block. Regardless of her intent, this teacher should have predicted it was going to backfire, unless she's young and inexperienced and hasn't been burned yet.

    So you would be ok with a teacher doing the same thing to one of your kids ?
    Actually, I would call the teacher, talk to her like the adult she is, and ask her to explain what happened.

    If she said, "Oh, I'm a racist, and I think the kids need to learn how to calculate the price of drugs and whores because I know deep down that's all they will amount to," then I would take it up with her principal, who I'm sure would hold her accountable, privately. In that case, it's a personnel matter involving a private individual, and I would respect that.

    If she said, "I was teaching a lesson on racist and sexist language found in viral memes on the Internet because I'm concerned that my students don't understand how damaging to our culture these jokes are," I would be like, "Oh, okay, thank you for teaching my child to think critically." Then I would move along.

    What I would *not* do is contact the media and turn the woman into the next whipping post for public education. The parents clearly have a bigger agenda.

    And yes, seriously. I work with 13 and 14 year olds. Trust me, they are not innocent. This year, in my group alone, I've had a sexting incident involving 30 students, a boy showing porn to girls in the back of class, two kids separately using social media to threaten to shoot someone else, multiple kids with drug abuse problems . . . Please. "Oh, no, the teacher might expose my child to something unwholesome." Get your heads out of the sand, parents.
    A good post.
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  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576

    As someone who has been teaching for 23 years, I think it's hilarious. I really do. The questions are hilarious, the teacher was so stupid it's hilarious, and the complaining parent is so predictable, that's hilarious to me, too.

    My guess is there is a larger context in the classroom that none of us know, and the kid who went home to tell mommy didn't share that contextual part, probably because he just didn't get it. I see it happen all the time. In today's climate, you can't say or do anything even remotely unorthodox in the classroom without some outraged parent calling to demand your head on the block. Regardless of her intent, this teacher should have predicted it was going to backfire, unless she's young and inexperienced and hasn't been burned yet.

    So you would be ok with a teacher doing the same thing to one of your kids ?
    Actually, I would call the teacher, talk to her like the adult she is, and ask her to explain what happened.

    If she said, "Oh, I'm a racist, and I think the kids need to learn how to calculate the price of drugs and whores because I know deep down that's all they will amount to," then I would take it up with her principal, who I'm sure would hold her accountable, privately. In that case, it's a personnel matter involving a private individual, and I would respect that.

    If she said, "I was teaching a lesson on racist and sexist language found in viral memes on the Internet because I'm concerned that my students don't understand how damaging to our culture these jokes are," I would be like, "Oh, okay, thank you for teaching my child to think critically." Then I would move along.

    What I would *not* do is contact the media and turn the woman into the next whipping post for public education. The parents clearly have a bigger agenda.

    And yes, seriously. I work with 13 and 14 year olds. Trust me, they are not innocent. This year, in my group alone, I've had a sexting incident involving 30 students, a boy showing porn to girls in the back of class, two kids separately using social media to threaten to shoot someone else, multiple kids with drug abuse problems . . . Please. "Oh, no, the teacher might expose my child to something unwholesome." Get your heads out of the sand, parents.
    I don't see how you can find the test so hilarious in one breath, and then talk soberly of the problems you face in the next. Doesn't square for me.
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  • what dreamswhat dreams Posts: 1,761
    I have a weakness for inappropriate humor. Blame it on my parents for playing Richard Pryor records for family consumption during my elementary school years. I grew up laughing at things I shouldn't. Oh well, parents do all kinds of things they shouldn't. For example, they take young kids to rock concerts where people are smoking pot, getting drunk, dropping f-bombs from the stage, all while missing school and having their ears blown out. But we can't fire the parents now, can we? Oh, how I could easily fire a lot of parents.

    If you substituted the names Susie and John in this case, I would still think it's hilarious to make math problems out of drug deals and tricks. I just don't go through life fighting every single injustice on the planet. It works for me to laugh at humanity rather than cry about the countless depressing things I can't control. Call it a survival mechanism.

    And don't overlook the part where I said the teacher was stupid. She should have known that regardless of her intent, there would be a backlash. I do feel bad for her, that she would be so dumb. Overall, though, it's just not the end of the world. It's the end of her teaching career, maybe, but we don't have to act like the sky is falling every time someone makes a mistake. Is there no room for redemption?
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,960
    edited June 2016
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  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 37,047

    I have a weakness for inappropriate humor. Blame it on my parents for playing Richard Pryor records for family consumption during my elementary school years. I grew up laughing at things I shouldn't. Oh well, parents do all kinds of things they shouldn't. For example, they take young kids to rock concerts where people are smoking pot, getting drunk, dropping f-bombs from the stage, all while missing school and having their ears blown out. But we can't fire the parents now, can we? Oh, how I could easily fire a lot of parents.

    If you substituted the names Susie and John in this case, I would still think it's hilarious to make math problems out of drug deals and tricks. I just don't go through life fighting every single injustice on the planet. It works for me to laugh at humanity rather than cry about the countless depressing things I can't control. Call it a survival mechanism.

    And don't overlook the part where I said the teacher was stupid. She should have known that regardless of her intent, there would be a backlash. I do feel bad for her, that she would be so dumb. Overall, though, it's just not the end of the world. It's the end of her teaching career, maybe, but we don't have to act like the sky is falling every time someone makes a mistake. Is there no room for redemption?

    parenting 101 is that just because your kid is aware of something, doesn't mean you should show it to them.

    university class? maybe. grade 8 class? brutal.
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