Hands down, the worst assignment I’ve ever seen or heard of. Here’s the “hero for the modern age” options high school students had to choose from:
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An I the only one who thinks the assignment is brilliant?
It's going to cause debate and controversy and provide students an opportunity to advocate for their beliefs. It's hard to get teens to really engage, and this might light some fires that burn for decades.
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I really don't think the teacher was implying they're all heroes. I think the teacher was asking who the students think are heroes.
So the answer is clearly Gandhi, right? This is what happens when you disincentivize most smart people from teaching due to low pay and union politics.
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Okay, so César Chávez it is!
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1. Person Murdered by cops
2. MAGA murderer
Texas teens:
Maybe the teachers full get how F’d the modern age is. Haha. At least there aren’t any billionaires famous only for making money on it.
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So who would a woman hero of the modern age be?
Yuri Kochiyama...Activist, won reparations for Japanese held in US internment camps, started Asian Americans for Action, civil rights supporter, formed Asian and Black civil rights alliance with Malcolm X
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Real heroes wear capes.
Wtf is happening? A teenage murderer is on
Of course Texas