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8th Grade Class Receives Immigration Assignment that Leaves One Dad Shaking His Head(ijreview.com)

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RobotubaReagan Democrat 4 ポイント5 ポイント 4 日 前

What was the opposing view the guy was looking for?

IBiteYouReagan Republican[S] -2 ポイント-1 ポイント 4 日 前

"The Democrats want immigrants to come in and the Republicans don't" is not correct by any stretch of the imagination.

rivalarrival 4 ポイント5 ポイント 4 日 前

Are you saying that the artist was trying to convey some other meaning with this? Please tell us what this means. What this means. Not some quote you drag out of the GOP platform, but the content at hand. The content on the page. This content. This.

IBiteYouReagan Republican[S] -3 ポイント-2 ポイント 4 日 前

Question 6:

Is the criticism in the POLITICAL cartoon correct?

Not "what does this mean to us."

rivalarrival 6 ポイント7 ポイント 4 日 前

I would have a bigger problem with your question than the one actually posed. The teacher was asking if they understood the artist's message. The artist's message was pretty clear to me, and apparently to you as well. The kid correctly described the artist's message when asked for the meaning of this cartoon.

But you prefer to ask the kid for his actual political opinion on the topic of the cartoon, not the cartoon itself. That crosses the line. Is he supposed to get full credit if he parrots the GOP line and marked off if he repeats the Democratic position? Would you be equally accepting of the opposing viewpoint?

RobotubaReagan Democrat 1 ポイント2 ポイント 4 日 前

The Democrats want immigrants to come in and the Republicans don't

It seems to be saying that the Democrats want a pathway to citizenship and the Republicans don't. How is that not accurate?

IBiteYouReagan Republican[S] 1 ポイント2 ポイント 4 日 前

The Republicans are fine with legal immigrants. The Republicans object to amnesty for all of the illegal immigrants.

RobotubaReagan Democrat 4 ポイント5 ポイント 4 日 前

The Republicans object to amnesty for all of the illegal immigrants.

That is exactly what is being shown here. It has nothing at all in any way to do with legal immigrants. Showing the 'other side' would just wind up being an apology for a mainstream point of view. Namely that Republicans object to amnesty for illegal immigrants. Its a view that stands up for itself and shouldn't embarrass anyone. This is just another attempt to make Republicans feel like victims when they aren't.

keypuncherConservative 1 ポイント2 ポイント 4 日 前

It seems to be saying that the Democrats want a pathway to citizenship and the Republicans don't. How is that not accurate?

It is inaccurate because there is a 'pathway to citizenship' for illegal aliens under current law - which is for them to leave the US, stay out for 10 years, and then apply to immigrate legally. It is also inaccurate because question 5 doesn't differentiate between legal and illegal immigration.

rivalarrival 12 ポイント13 ポイント 4 日 前

Except the lesson wasn't on "immigration". The lesson was on "political cartoons".

IBiteYouReagan Republican[S] -6 ポイント-5 ポイント 4 日 前

"What might this mean to us about immigration and citizenship?"

rivalarrival 9 ポイント10 ポイント 4 日 前

In the context of this lesson, that sentence is synonymous with "What message is the artist trying to convey about immigration and citizenship?"

keypuncherConservative -7 ポイント-6 ポイント 4 日 前

In the context of this lesson, that sentence is synonymous with "What message is the artist trying to convey about immigration and citizenship?"

Not even slightly. If that had been the context of the lesson, that is the question that would have been asked.

In the context of the lesson, the question requires that the students accept the political cartoon as true, internalize that, and then provide an answer from their perspective as to what it means.

rivalarrival 3 ポイント4 ポイント 4 日 前

If that had been the context of the lesson, that is the question that would have been asked.

Based on that argument, it's pretty obvious you don't understand what the word "context" means.

In the context of the lesson, the question requires that the students accept the political cartoon as true, internalize that,

No. Again, if this were a lesson on immigration and citizenship, you would be correct. But, this is a lesson on political commentary. In the context of such a lesson, the question clearly means "What message was the artist trying to convey?"

IBiteYouReagan Republican[S] -7 ポイント-6 ポイント 4 日 前

No ... "mean to us"...US.

rivalarrival 12 ポイント13 ポイント 4 日 前

Again, this was NOT a lesson on immigration and citizenship, but one on political commentary. In that context, the question is unambiguous.

There's plenty enough actually wrong with teachers and schools for you to criticize. You don't have to twist their words to invent new problems that don't actually exist.

delapatriot 4 ポイント5 ポイント 5 日 前

Wow, this is incredible propaganda! More /r/CommonCore no doubt.

BKred09 4 ポイント5 ポイント 4 日 前

There is no Common Core curriculum for social studies.

TheResPublicaGoldwater Conservative 3 ポイント4 ポイント 5 日 前

Not only that... it's such rudimentary coursework that it is shocking that this is being presented to 8th graders.

They're 12 and 13 years old... giving them simplistic metaphors to regurgitate does not challenge them in the slightest.

capnslapahoReagan Conservative 3 ポイント4 ポイント 5 日 前

I can only laugh because if this situation were reversed, Democrats would be screaming for the head of this teacher. It would be all over the national news, and civil rights activists everywhere would be berating this teacher as a passive-aggressive racist and bigot. It's just the world we live in, I suppose.

ZOMBIE009 1 ポイント2 ポイント 5 日 前

I fail to see the problem