Child Put In Noose For A "Racism Lesson"

[gman20001969]

I surprisingly learned about the Holocaust by the christian school I was going to. We got to watch that movie on Anne Frank at a nice age of 8.

 

[angelwngs]

My husband always says there is a difference between "smart" and "educated". They don't teach common sense at any University...

Excellent point!

 

[White Rain]

I am not sure if my opinion differs from the topic/others posts here...but in my belief, teach the kids about racism all you want...but was putting a child's neck in a noose really necessary? You can explain it in graphic detail...I think the kids (no matter how old) could visualize someone HANGING...was it really necessary to actually "show" someone hanging for a child to get the "gist" of it?

 

[Taximom]

Even 5th grade seems too young to be doing a project on Jena 6. It used to be you didn't even read To Kill a Mockingbird until High School.

I started a thread about it here in hopes of finding a good websource for information (unbiased) about it.

What irritated me was that this was assigned one day, due the next day and she only gave them a 1/2 sheet of paper to "Explain the Jena 6". We spent a good 2 hours at least looking at news articles, and ended up writing about 1.5 pages of 'explanation', and it still wasn't enough to explain it.

Now why didn't I think of giving him a noose to wear to school the next day? :crazy:

I heard the Univ. president this morning saying that the teacher(s) are on leave and there will probably be further action as they did not follow procedure. They are also concerned about the children. I was very pleased to hear him being so forthright and open about this. Very refreshing in this day and age.

 

[GlitchWizard]

I am not sure if my opinion differs from the topic/others posts here...but in my belief, teach the kids about racism all you want...but was putting a child's neck in a noose really necessary? You can explain it in graphic detail...I think the kids (no matter how old) could visualize someone HANGING...was it really necessary to actually "show" someone hanging for a child to get the "gist" of it?

Maybe they could have searched the internet for the videos of Sadam Hussein's hanging and showed the kids. For some awful reason, I think it would be preferable to pretend to hang a little girl.

 

[kgeaux]

Oh brother. Next we can have a live demonstration of how witches were burned at the stake in Salem. Or what the guillotine was used for. "Here, honey, just lay your head right here. Don't worry! It's sharp but we won't let it fall. Smile for the camera!"

I think there are better ways to teach this.

Only in Louisiana. Jeez, you'd think teaching a kid how to hang themselves would be a "no-no."

 

[CaliKid]

Only in Louisiana. Jeez, you'd think teaching a kid how to hang themselves would be a "no-no."

This was my second concern. Okay they're only 5-6 year olds, but with child suicide becoming an epidemic, do we really need to teach ways to do it?

 

[GlitchWizard]

This was my second concern. Okay they're only 5-6 year olds, but with child suicide becoming an epidemic, do we really need to teach ways to do it?

At 5 and 6 years old, they surely can do it accidently - not all of them have a concept of death like adults do. Kids mimic.

 

[Taximom]

At 5 and 6 years old, they surely can do it accidently - not all of them have a concept of death like adults do. Kids mimic.

I can totally see that happening with one child innocently showing their sibling what they learned at school that day.

At least administration didn't fool around and make excuses for this wacky idea.

 

[GlitchWizard]

I can totally see that happening with one child innocently showing their sibling what they learned at school that day.

At least administration didn't fool around and make excuses for this wacky idea.

Wacky? Is this another thing you didn't do to teach your child? Man, first you don't tie them up and drop them in the ocean to teach them to swim, now you don't hang nooses on their necks to teach them about racism! What is it you DO teach your children?