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[–] AR47 [S] 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

My reply

Many people here likely won't know the social climate within the city this was started in. Pittsburgh is much like many other cities within America.

Places like Atlanta, Baltimore, St Louis, Chicago, New Orleans, or many others.

The teacher was simply pandering as to what those kids would likely relate to given their circumstances.

Is it a bad thing? Not really it is just the easiest way that teacher could associate the curriculum to the students.

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[–] Plavonica 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Is it a bad thing?

Well...

the easiest way

Yes.

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[–] madmardigan 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I've heard this with regards to creating content for ueban schools. It's bullshit. Yes, you have to frame the content in a way that students can comprehend; however, this doesn't mean you have to reinforce stereotypes. The urban communities are doomed and education cannot fix it. It would require the demolition and recreation of the entire structure. It cannot be fixed from the outside because of lack of trust/dependency issues. And it cannot be rebuilt from within because they lack the knowledge/desire.

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[–] Lemore ago 

"urban communities are doomed" - who is doing it to them? DNA? God?

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[–] Tallest_Skil 2 points 0 points (+2|-2) ago 

Thing is, the teacher didn’t make that worksheet. It’s straight out of a nationwide production racket.