Teacher Gives Out Phony Test

[mcs328]

Blah...why am I not surprised. I went to this school and my 10 year reunion is next month. This will be a fun discussion.
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Teacher Investigated for Phony Test

1 hour, 56 minutes ago Strange News - AP

OXON HILL, Md. - School officials in a Washington, D.C., suburb have a lot of questions about a phony test given to some high school students.

Prince George's County school officials are apologizing to parents for the test that included questions about drugs, crime and weapons.

Officials say a tenth-grade geometry teacher at Oxon Hill High School administered what is being called a "fake math proficiency test." It contained math word problems beginning with phrases like "Jose has two ounces of cocaine," "Willie gets $200 for a stolen BMW," and "Raul gets six years for murder."

One parent says she's appalled.

The school board says it will take what it calls "appropriate administrative action" and apologize to parents in writing.

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[ialsohaveadream]

Isn't that the oldest joke in the world at this point? What teacher just saw that for the first time? Is he Professor Doogie Howser, who somehow managed to not get out of the house (or go online) in the 90s?

[CynJon]

That's ridiculous...everybody knows the going rate for a stolen BMW is at LEAST $250...Willie got ripped off! :cool:

[kei2]

That's ridiculous...everybody knows the going rate for a stolen BMW is at LEAST $250...Willie got ripped off!
That's why you stay in school kids. Don't be like Willie. Get the right value for your stolen goods.

[InfiniteNothing]

Think of the children.... won't somebody please think of the children :rolleyes:

[caribiner23]

Linkage. (http://www.snopes.com/humor/question/mathtest.htm)



Origins: The Internet humor piece variously titled "The L.A. Math Proficiency Test" or "The City of Los Angeles High School Math Proficiency Exam" has been part of online lore since at least 1993, and others recall seeing photocopied versions of it as far back as the mid-1980s. Over time it has gone through some changes, notably the inclusion of questions 9 and 10 (which were not part of the earlier versions). Its humor is obvious: it simultaneously deplores the state of education in large urban centers and furthers the myth that teens from such regions are thoroughly steeped in a drugs, guns, gangs, and promiscuity culture by asserting that even the math questions directed towards them have to be framed in that context to be relevant to their lives. None of the Norman Rockwellian "Johnny has three apples; if he sells two to Ben, then Becky gives him five, how many does he now have?" innocence appears here -- even the test's header furthers the jape by asking for the student's name and gang affiliation, presenting the casual presumption that all the high schoolers being given the test are gang members.
More at the link.

[bachviet]

That's ridiculous...everybody knows the going rate for a stolen BMW is at LEAST $250...Willie got ripped off! :cool:
:laugh:

[_=DeltaForce=_]

lol

[whitak24]

why does the teacher need to be punished? i think that test is hilarious, for the most part.

[johnnymk]

Very funny thread and replies

[Bires]

What phony?

[my stoichiometry test]

If Pablo needs to make 2.4kilos of meth for his sceazers, how many many bottles of Sudafed does he need to steal, assuming he jacks the large bottles with 500 pills per bottle; each pill is 200mg?

[/test] :eek3:

[zenbooty]

Tyrone is heading home at 5:30 in the morning, after having just robbed a bodega of $217.53. If he can run 11 mph in front of a squad car going 17 mph, how many years will he get up at Ryker's?

[tupacboy]

hey that's just real life test!

[Memo]

That's ridiculous...everybody knows the going rate for a stolen BMW is at LEAST $250...Willie got ripped off! :cool:

Ya but if you get one with a salvage title and then sell it in Iran as new you'll make way more!!!!

[ialsohaveadream]

What phony?

[my stoichiometry test]

If Pablo needs to make 2.4kilos of meth for his sceazers, how many many bottles of Sudafed does he need to steal, assuming he jacks the large bottles with 500 pills per bottle; each pill is 200mg?

[/test] :eek3:

Ahem...for the record, it's skeeza (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=skeeza&r=f)

[SnowSurfer]

a teacher in my town gave the same test to her 10th grade class, she got fired, and half the kids said they didnt know what an eightball was...kids these days....

[sbp]

Yet another brilliant thing out of California. http://home.earthlink.net/~sbp777/smilies/grinno.gif

Obviously the result of the Leave No Thug Behind act. http://home.earthlink.net/~sbp777/smilies/grinno.gif

Sources say DC publick skools were looking into using this test. http://home.earthlink.net/~sbp777/smilies/biglaugh.gif