{"id":5848,"date":"2012-01-09T12:27:03","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T18:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/xblog\/?p=1881"},"modified":"2012-01-09T12:27:03","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T18:27:03","slug":"each-tree-had-56-oranges-if-eight-slaves-pick-them-equally-then-how-much-would-each-slave-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/09\/each-tree-had-56-oranges-if-eight-slaves-pick-them-equally-then-how-much-would-each-slave-pick\/","title":{"rendered":"Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That, apparently, is one of a number of questions on a math assignment being used in the Beaver Ridge Elementary School in Norcross, part of the Gwinnett County, Georgia, School District.  It was said to be a cross-curricular activity. This is part of one of the newer ways of teaching math &#8230; use the math in context of real life situations, etc. etc.  Unfortuantely, this attempt at linking math to history class looks more like a helpful exercise for future plantation owners &#8230; of the Antebellum period.  <\/p>\n<p>A vice principle has collected the assignment and filed them in the shredder.   <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/news\/parents-outraged-after-homework-assignment-refers-\/nGHHr\/\">Details here. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, it is no &#8220;how much would each slave pick&#8221; but rather &#8220;how many would each slave pick.&#8221;  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That, apparently, is one of a number of questions on a math assignment being used in the Beaver Ridge Elementary School in Norcross, part of the Gwinnett County, Georgia, School District. It was said to be a cross-curricular activity. This is part of one of the newer ways of teaching math &#8230; use the math &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/09\/each-tree-had-56-oranges-if-eight-slaves-pick-them-equally-then-how-much-would-each-slave-pick\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[303],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-1wk","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5848"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}