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Georgia school solves eight-year-olds’ slavery problem

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Georgia school solves eight-year-olds’ slavery problem

TO illustrate match problems at Beaver Ridge Elementary in Norcross, Ga., the teaching staff are counting slavery and beatings.

Question: “Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?”

Christopher Braxton ws surprised when he read his 8-year-old son’s maths homework:

“It kind of blew me away. Do you see what I see? Do you really see what I see? He’s not answering this question.”

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Posted: 10th, January 2012 | In: Reviews | Comment