A gay guy, a clergyman, and an accountant walk into a spaceship....
Ohio school asks kids to rank people based on race, sexual orientation, ability, faith
by Anonymous | reply 23 | August 28, 2018 6:58 PM |
There's quite a few deranged people working in schools!
by Anonymous | reply 1 | August 26, 2018 1:45 AM |
They did not provide enough information to make a cogent decision. What else are they good at? They don't specify the sex of all the members. You must consider how you will survive once you land. You will need more females to repopulate and one man can get several people pregnant. How about hobbies? You will need a botanist and a scientist and many other skills that are not among the twelve listed.
My first question is who picked these twelve in the first place? Few of the required skills to establish a colony exist amongst these people.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | August 26, 2018 1:52 AM |
I'd bring the "homosexual male who is a professional athlete" on board first, then lock the doors and lift-off.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | August 26, 2018 1:55 AM |
It's a lesson on stereotyping and examining personal attitudes in order to discuss why the student feels that way. It's perfectly fine if treated correctly.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | August 26, 2018 1:57 AM |
Daily Kos is reporting this?? So even they're getting sick of SJWs?
by Anonymous | reply 5 | August 26, 2018 1:59 AM |
An accountant with a substance abuse problem
A militant African-American medical student
A 33-year-old female Native American manager who does not speak English
The accountant's pregnant wife
A famous novelist with a physical disability
A 21-year-old female who is a Muslim international student
A Hispanic clergyman who is against homosexuality
A female movie star who was recently the victim of a sexual assault
A racist, armed police officer who has been accused of using excessive force
A homosexual male who is a professional athlete
An Asian, orphaned 12-year-old boy
A 60-year-old Jewish university administrator
Well, it's DL, so....get to ranking.
I'm leaving the accountant, the cop, the clergy, and the disabled novelist. In the brave new world, the accountant is useless and his drug problem will create problems for everyone else's survival (as well as lower his probability of survival). The clergy is useless. The disabled novelist would be a burden to the group's survival. And the administrator is old enough that they would have limited productive years and no useful skills. Now, if he were a doctor, I'd reconsider.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | August 26, 2018 2:57 AM |
And this was for a math class? Good God!
by Anonymous | reply 7 | August 26, 2018 3:35 AM |
When all is said and done, the new world needs two kinds of people - men with useful skills, and women with working wombs.
That means keep all the women and get rid of any of the males you want, except the gay man (physically fit sports star) and the medical student (future doctor).
by Anonymous | reply 8 | August 26, 2018 3:46 AM |
I did this same kind of thing in a religion class when I was in a Catholic high school in the 1970's. The only difference was some of the characters. I remember that there was a Mexican gardener, a young white female heroin addict, a 6 year old girl, an elderly white female doctor who needed glasses, a black agricultural expert who hated white people, a pregnant woman, and a young gay doctor. I don't remember the rest. Our teacher got mad at some of the guys in the class making crude remarks about locking the gay doctor up at night, or not taking him in place of the old female doctor. Nothing new here!
by Anonymous | reply 9 | August 26, 2018 4:21 AM |
My sociology 101 teacher had us do a similar exercise in college.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | August 26, 2018 4:27 AM |
As an Ohioan, I'm sorry.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | August 26, 2018 4:29 AM |
"homosexual male who is a professional athlete".
The kids would pick me.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | August 26, 2018 5:06 AM |
At least the headline reads "WhoM to Leave Behind."
by Anonymous | reply 15 | August 26, 2018 8:10 AM |
R11, why be sorry? The assignment was perfectly fine. She was cleared.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | August 28, 2018 1:43 AM |
Cleared or not, it's not an appropriate assignment for a grade school math class.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | August 28, 2018 1:48 AM |
I'd rank highest whoever could safely operate the spacecraft. Without a safe landing the rest of the discussion becomes moot.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | August 28, 2018 1:55 AM |
[Quote A 33-year-old female Native American manager who does not speak English]
Which Native Americans, let alone those who are managers, don’t speak English?
by Anonymous | reply 19 | August 28, 2018 1:56 AM |
Any person who thinks these 12 people are the only ones to pick from for the continuation of the human race should be taken out and shot and then you start over with a better selection.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | August 28, 2018 1:59 AM |
My thoughts exactly, R19. Native Americans primarily speak English. Has this teacher ever met Americans who are not exactly like him?
by Anonymous | reply 21 | August 28, 2018 2:03 AM |
Middle school, R17. Perfect time to be attacking the ideas of stereotypes and values Bullying is most prevalent in middle school.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | August 28, 2018 1:01 PM |
R8 is correct. When founding a new world from a small population, what's needed are skills that are useful in a primitive environment, and fertility. So the only male on that list who sounds at all useful is the AA medical student, bring him, the fertile women, and use the rest of the space on the ship for seeds and other vital supplies.
If such a ship was ever required, it ought to be filled with female farmers, doctors, and mechanics, and a pilot, and two or three fertile men with useful skills.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | August 28, 2018 6:58 PM |