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http://www.fox10tv.com/story/32103749/mcpss-looking-into-complaint-about-racist-math-test

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A Burns Middle school teacher has been placed on administrative leave over a controversial test given to some 8th grade students.

Some parents say the test includes questionable language and subject matter that just doesn't belong in the classroom. The parents say they can't believe it was actually given to students.

It's a 10-question math quiz that highlights prostitution, drugs, and drive-by shootings.

While some of the kids thought it was kind of funny, their parents aren't laughing.

Click here to see the complete test.

"My son, he took a picture of it in class and he texted it to me. I couldn't believe it," Erica Hall said.

Hall said her son sent her a text photo of the quiz his eighth-grade language arts teacher passed out Friday.
Hall said even the kids thought it was some kind of joke.

"They took it as a joke, and she told them that it wasn't it a joke, and they had to complete it, and turn it in," Hall said.

Erica Hall and her husband headed to the school Tuesday for some answers.

After outlining the math for a problem involving an AK-47, question 1 on the quiz asks: "How many drive-by shootings can Ramon attempt before he has to steal enough ammunition and reload?"

Question 2: "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?"


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I'm really more concerned that the mother of this child posted this (assuming on social media) stating it was a 'language arts' test.

That cocaine question is kind of hard actually.

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I'm really more concerned that the mother of this child posted this (assuming on social media) stating it was a 'language arts' test.

That cocaine question is kind of hard actually.

I suck at math, but whoever gave this test should be fired.

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I suck at math, but whoever gave this test should be fired.

agreed. calling a magazine a clip. jeesh.

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A very interesting math test, and great creative problems, most likely conceived to garner the kids'attention. However the teacher was an idiot in using the names he/she did. It would have been funnier to have inserted very white waspy names into all of the test questions.

And Marvin....give back that skateboard.

Was the teacher having some kind of mental breakdown ? Must have known this would cause problems...

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A very interesting math test, and great creative problems, most likely conceived to garner the kids'attention. However the teacher was an idiot in using the names he/she did. It would have been funnier to have inserted very white waspy names into all of the test questions.

And Marvin....give back that skateboard.

Was the teacher having some kind of mental breakdown ? Must have known this would cause problems...

You know that would have generated some primo outrage.

You can't prove I took it. You gots nothing!

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I thought one of the big complaints about standardized testing is that they were cultural biased.

Seems like she tried to fix that

I'm not sure cocaine and AK-47's belong to any one culture...

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What the? The teacher got the test off the Internet ! Lazy.

This isn't the first time 'The LA Math Proficiency Test', a parody quiz that has been circulating since the early 90s, has gotten a teacher in trouble.

Teachers in states including California, New Mexico, Texas and Illinois have all been suspended after handing out the test in their class.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3620550/Alabama-middle-school-teacher-suspended-giving-math-quiz-referencing-drugs-prostitutes.html#ixzz4AN7IM4dx

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Someone else just posted a new thread (now removed) about this.

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