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Sacramento high school biology final includes racist questions, targets students (www.sacbee.com)
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A Luther Burbank High School freshman was surprised to read his full name included on a biology final. Not only that, but he was being ridiculed. “In high school, there are individuals who are cross-eyed like (the name of a fellow student) and (the name of the student previously mentioned), which is a dominant trait. We call those individuals ‘weirdoes’. So, if you crossed two weirdoes (the two students named again), that are heterozygous for being cross-eyed, what is the offspring that would result?” Many students in the class were targeted by first and last name on the exam. Teacher Alex Nguyen chose to describe these students by their ethnicities and physical features, and then paired them up, posing questions about what traits a theoretical child of these two students would have. On one question, the teacher wrote a disclaimer, saying “in no way do I promote students being sexually active,” but the student’s parents and other teachers at the school said that the implication of any sexual relationship between students is inappropriate.

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[–] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't it be wierdos, not wierdoes? My autocorrect seems to think so.

Also in the UK, where I'm from, we have standardised testing, when i was a kid the tests were all made by exam boards like AQA, OCR and EdExcel. I believe they still are.

Despite the flaws that come with that it was better than allowing an individual to come up with the test as it removed personal bias and, obviously, derogatory remarks about students in the class.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I have also learned that “weirdos” is hugely offensive and California, USA. Almost as bad as “goof” in parts of Canada (goof means paedo in Canada)

[–] charles@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've lived in a handful of different provinces and have family in basically every region of Canada and I have never heard of goof being used that way. Where did you hear that?

Calling someone a goof is just another way to say they're being silly/ ridiculous, which I'm pretty sure is the same way it's used everywhere else.

[–] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I call my son a goof when he does something silly! In the UK, it just means silly. The image in my head is of Goofy, the disney character.

Good to know if i ever go to canada.

Also, weirdo is so innocuous in the UK. It wouldn't turn a head. But then i suppose we call people a "cunt" or a "dickhead" and it can be as friendly as saying "love you" or "you are hilarious" and as nasty as saying "die in a fire"

So i suppose i shouldn't be surprised by the nuances found in language even if we are speaking the same language, especially when there's an ocean of space between us.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

Oh yeah it’s wild! Both “goof” and “weirdo” are completely innocuous where I am as well!

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

goof means paedo in Canada

No it doesn't.