Mock Slave Auction: Ohio Student Humiliated in Class

"Why would anyone do something like that?"

Now that is a good question! I can't imagine how anyone would benefit from something like this, absolutely despicable.

Two words, Texas textbooks, remember to them slavery was an economic solution..

What does Texas have to do with it, it happened in an Ohio Classroom.

Those textbooks doesn't stop at the Texas border.

I don't think unions have anything to do with this.

There is so much more technology in schools today. This teacher could have shown videos, or movies to make the point.

Obviously 10 year olds are not only pretty tacky, but find insult where there is none in many cases. That has more to do with the parents than the students though.

Still, the teacher could have taught the lessen better if done in a slightly different manner.

Older kids would have a better understanding of the lesson because of their greater emotional and intellectual maturity. 10 year old kids can't quite grasp the subtleties as easily and parents get their knickers all in a twist over stupid stuff.

PowerIsKnowledge

Kindasorta like the person who will say "He's pretty smart considering he's a N----r." (No insult intended)

I would like to know if it's a public school or a "voucher school". The child appears to be wearing a uniform shirt of some type-but I really can't say for sure.

If it is a "voucher school", that would explain why and how this was allowed to happen and would justify why the "teacher" will probably not be disciplined.

I was wrong, not for the first time and definitely not the last, it is a public school. And that makes it even more indefensible.

If other students touched the one, especially where it was common to do in slave days to determine the ability to breed or reproduce, that is sexual assault and teacher should be prosecuted for encouraging it.

The teacher could have just as easily arranged for a field trip to the local Black History Museum where they would have showed films appropriate to this age group.

Actually no. It is not easy to arrange a field trip across the street, never mind to any type of museum. There is also very little money in the kitty for such extravagances when schools have so many other expenses to meet first. Yes, field trips however educational are considered an extravagance these days. Sad, eh?

very little money in the kitty for such extravagances when schools have so many other expenses to meet first.

like the athletic department...oh wait....they always get enough money....unlike the academic departments.

She can not see what she did wrong, she is not the right material for teaching.

She needs to be cross trained into something else. Let the union pay for it, and get her out of the class room she is not fit to teach in.

She has learned nothing, and the students did their best to teach her. She's in the wrong profession.

Ohio .... what standards do you follow?

good seed... we have such a deluge of 'news' its good to revisit and keep certain events in the eye of the public.

:)

Yes, field trips can be done. But I stand by my original statement that they can be difficult to arrange.

You are right. Some administrators are totally amazing and will go out of their way to do something to enhance the educational experience of students in their charge.

Sometimes it is much more than that. More than simple laziness, or the many hoops needed to be jumped through when it comes to the fundraising, and all that goes with that. The aggravation, time and effort is more than worth it when compared to the value the kids get out of both raising the funds and taking the trip.

Sometimes it just comes down to insurance and liabilities and all sorts of garbage that place walls between that idea/need/desire to do something positive and actually being able to do it. Running into that immovable wall, administrators pass the buck up to school boards that refuse to be moved. What a pain in the butt.

It does sound as though you live in a district that enables field trips without the impossible politics. Those are lucky kids right there. What a shame all kids can't have that.

I took my kids out of public school and home schooled them for a number of years. It was amazing and wonderful and fun. Field trips could be arranged at the drop of a hat, or with great detail - every moment planned carefully. Either way, always easy.

Still I'm curious, how exactly would you go about getting a field trip set up when the administration and school boards both say "No" and absolutely refuse to budge? What are your suggestions when others have already taken every step available to change the system, short of forcing the issue through the courts?

While all my other children have long since graduated high school, college, university and trade schools, I've got one more almost old enough to start kindergarten. So any suggestions you have on moving the immovable could come in handy, and be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for the suggestions. Much appreciated.

Oh and great link too! Should I ever find myself in your neck of the wood, I'll definitely make a stop there. I had some really interesting stuff on the subject when I home schooled, but this website (museum) has some great lesson plans. (bookmarked for future references)

Definitely poor execution on this lesson. I can see where the teacher wanted to take this and what the point was. Didn't fly very well unfortunately.

Somewhere there's a few hundred bible verses that condemn what you just said...

You should go look them up.

Somewhere there's a few hundred bible verses that condemn what you just said...

They are probably in the...wait for it...Bible.

This child has no choice. Attending school is the law (how the hell that happened i'll never know, but)...

since this child has no choice but to go to school, the school is under obligation to make it a safe place, a place where education is offered at a high level of quality. Foremost, those who hold authority in the classroom MUST NEVER BE THE SOURCE OF VICTIMIZING ANY STUDENT EVER. and must provide leadership so as to maintain a pristine environment in which to learn.

(If) this educator had a lesson plan... then in this day and age, at the level most (and i mean most) of the population understands... one does not teach on the topic of slavery by placing white and black students in THE DAMN ROLE! just as they would not teach internment by placing Japanese students IN THE ROLE!

any @!$%# knows this. and i've met quite a few @!$%#s that do.

I expect more from an educator.

those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

It was "politically insensitive" given the current make-up of the sheeple - but not "unconscionable" as some seem to think. Our president would have not even been able to hold most elected offices, say, 80 years ago. If someone wanted to do a presentation on "overt racism" and a black kid were to chosen to play the part of Barack Obama "as then" and "as now" that would also be "taboo"? Break the cycle of ignorance by exposing it to the KIDS (just like the brainwashing of religion - you teach them early and they NEVER FORGET IT)

Oh, and I am a liberal and none too happy with the functional illiteracy in the schools

tobor ybor has some excellent points. We've become so PC and over sensitive to the ugly underbelly of some of our history that we all find insult where there is none. If we can't show all of it as it was, what is the point of showing any when what is shown is prettied up to the point of being false?

We can put cute little outfits on our dogs all we want, but in the end that's still a dog under all that. History is the same. Sure the teacher could have done things a little differently, and perhaps then the lesson behind it would have been more important than an imagined insult that wasn't intended to be there.

tobor... a recent survey was done in which young people (not 5th graders) were polled as to who bin laden was.

Most did not know.

Teach......... victimize.

fine line. a professional teacher SHOULD know this. Fire her. Now.

we are lowering our standard.

better......... lets teach about Columbine by using teachers representatively.

when you introduce something such as this teacher has... one must first live in an envrionment that has been free of the 'outcome' by some distance. and even then... NOt on FIFTH GRADERS.

total ignorance or intent.

either is unacceptable in a professional educator.

Two days or two years, it is worth discussing.

Does the same apply to me, since I got the tag?

I do not see the connection, your the one that tagged me.. odd way to run a seed.

By reading your other tags, It looks to me like we agree.

If you have a beef with what I said, then I think you should address it. Otherwise clean up your mistake.

I think if every student (if we have to use the students at all) played both sides of the issue, it could very well have been a great learning experience. Done wrongly, we have all kinds of embarrassing things happen as a result. I know because I've been there, done that with one of my own kids at that age.

However, along with the roles a very in depth explanation as to what happened and why would be needed. People who were slaves were considered as sub human, and at auction were treated much the same way as any horse would be. Slaves were a significant financial investment and would be inspected very closely for a variety of reasons. For human beings it would be nothing short of humiliating and embarrassing to be treated in such a way.