[Ohiogift] BallPARCC Questions

[dlotterer at gmail.com]

Will,

I find these questions to be morally offensive and extremely inappropriate subject matter for our young adults.  Why would it be necessary to pose a series of questions based upon overt racism, sexism and fascism?  If this organization receives public funding, it should be discontinued immediately.  I do not know your reason for posting these questions, but certainly hope that it is to illicit the outrage that I feel as an American who believes in the principles of freedom, equality and capitalism that our country was founded upon.

David Lotterer



On Aug 21, 2013, at 8:40 AM, Will Fitzhugh <fitzhugh at tcr.org> wrote:

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> 1. If oxygen were removed from Earth's atmosphere, explain how that might
> affect the sustainability of human life on our Planet. Include evidence from your
> readings to support your argument and outline the steps which you took
> in formulating your position on this important question.
> 
> 2. All 44 U.S. Presidents have been male. If the next 44 Presidents were
> female, explain the benefits for our foreign and domestic policies. Include 
> evidence from your readings to support your argument and outline the 
> steps which you took in formulating your position on this important question.
> 
> 3. If all American annual incomes for working people could be set at the same
> amount by law, explain how this would benefit our national productivity
> and number of Nobel Prizes. Include evidence from your
> readings to support your argument and outline the steps which you took
> in formulating your position on this important question.
> 
> 4. If the Sun went out, explain the effects of this on the obesity problem
> in the United States. Include evidence from your
> readings to support your argument and outline the steps which you took
> in formulating your position on this important question.
> 
> 5. If all Caucasian-Americans could be placed in comfortable internment
> camps for the next twenty years, describe the benefits of this decision
> for our economic growth and leadership in the world. Include evidence from your
> readings to support your argument and outline the steps which you took
> in formulating your position on this important question.
> 
> 6. If the boards and executives of our corporations could be formed
> solely of women by law, explain how this would benefit job formation,
> economic growth and the raising of children in America. Include evidence from your
> readings to support your argument and outline the steps which you took
> in formulating your position on this important question.
> 
> 7. If, as Albert Gore pointed out, e pluribus unum really means, "From
> One, Many," explain how greatly increased public funding for all the cultural 
> groups in America, including the Crow, Apache, Arapahoe, 
> Comanche, Pueblo, Zuni, Sioux, Illinois, Iroquois, Huron, Pequot,
> Mohican, Seminole, and Delaware, among others, would benefit our society. 
> Include evidence from your readings to support your argument and 
> outline the steps which you took in formulating your position on this important question.
> 
> 8. If Supreme Court decisions did not rely on precedent, and if we could
> finally stop teaching history in the schools, court decisions could be made
> more swiftly and our students could look into the future unburdened with
> concerns about the Past. Include evidence from your readings to support your argument and 
> outline the steps which you took in formulating your position on this important question.
> 
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