Thread: A mock slave auction?

Originally Posted by deathgodusmc

"A school district in central Ohio is apologizing for using a mock slave auction to teach social studies to elementary school students."

School District Apologizes for Mock Slave Auction In Class



What the fuck is wrong with people to think this kind of shit is usefull?

Is it that wrong? We reenact all kinds of wars and other things for educational purposes; I believe the idea of this exercise is to show how denigrating and humiliating slavery was. Apparently it worked too well and the lesson is missed in favor of other problems. His discomfort with it is OK, and perhaps he should be allowed to not participate. If the kids made fun of him later it sounds like they have other problems, not this silly lesson. How many of these lessons have taken place (since the article states it is a state school board required lesson, the whole state of Ohio, for how many years) that resulted in this?

What about disections? Vivisections? Some people are offended by that; should we disallow that method of instruction as well? It is a reenactment.


I hear some of you calling people names for being unable to tolerate a little bit of tough-stuff, why is this so different? One student is sensitive, and told his mom such.



Really the problem sounds like he was made fun of later; do you think he was never made fun of before this lesson?

FYI, while I see the lesson as doing what is supposed to, I am not exactly in favor of this method ... that being said, I do like to play devil's advocate.

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Personally I have no problem with it but at the same time I know there chumps out there that love this to happen on a daily basis.

Originally Posted by jason_jinx

Personally I have no problem with it but at the same time I know there chumps out there that love this to happen on a daily basis.

There are also people out there that love to fuck donkey's on full moon nights with a bottle of KY and a slim jim...

what the fuck is your point jason?

at first i thought this was a thing a museum or something like that was doing which i actually think would be a good thing for a lot of people to see... but i dunno about an elementary school doing it. just seems like it could go wrong

Originally Posted by Nuckle

Yea, as far as it pertains to the original post. I do not agree that this form of education serves a purpose. The teacher/school could have had all the best intent in the world but that does not change the fact that it is a fucked up way to teach a lesson.

I think it might have been appropriate at the college level to experience that bit of history more. There are some things you can't understand/comprehend by reading a book.