Middle school teacher in trouble after administering "Pimps and Hos" math test

[Deberg_1990]

Would you be upset as a parent?


Teacher JoAnne Bolser of Mobile, Alabama's public Cranford Burns Middle School was put on leave last week after administering a math test with word problems about pimps, hos, cocaine dealing, drive-by shootings, gangmembers who "knocked up" multiple girls, and other delightful subjects. The questions included:

"Tyrone knocked up 4 girls in the gang. There are 20 girls in his gang. What is the exact percentage of girls Tyrone knocked up?"

"Pedro got 6 years for murder. He also got $10,000 for the hit. If his common-law wife spends $100 of his hit money per month, how much money will be left when he gets out?"

Dwayne pimps 3 ho's. If the price is $85 per trick, how many tricks per day must each ho turn to support Dwayne's $800 per day crack habit?

Kids in Bolser's class texted photos of the quiz to their parents, sparking an investigation.

"The principal looked into it and then our school resource officer investigated it and then we immediately put the teacher on administrative leave," said the school's director of communications, Rena Philips.

Bolser was already planning to retire at the end of the school year this month.

According to Snopes, the quiz, known as the "L.A. Math Test," has circulated on the Web for years as a "joke" and Bolser is far from the first idiot to distribute it to students.


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[siberian khatru]

That's been around for ages

[Pablo]

Those children will be damaged beyond repair. Really best to just gas them all.

[C3HIEF3S]

Nothing like some real-world application problems.

[Hydrae]

Antonio got ripped off. He had to pay over $91 per gram for his 8 ball.

[Rain Man]

Is $85 a typical price? That's less than the cost of a dinner date and movie.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Hydrae

Antonio got ripped off. He had to pay over $91 per gram for his 8 ball.

Antonio should kick his habit and start doing his business with Dwayne.

[Otter]

Would you be upset as a parent?

I don't think I'd be upset about the test itself but the ability of the teacher in question to make rational decisions. Sounds like she should be loading trucks in a warehouse as opposed to working with children.

BTW I hope this math is at least 4th grade or below but I went to private school.

[cdcox]

Yes, I would be pissed that someone so stupid had been hired to teach my kids.

[Bufkin]

Her teaching methods seem to be on par with DeBerg's thread starting skills.

[Gonzo]

Originally Posted by Bufkin

Her teaching methods seem to be on par with DeBerg's thread starting skills.

DeBerg makes 235 threads a year.
.02 percent of his threads are cognizant.
How many years would it take for DeBerg to make 100 cognizant threads?

Bonus question:
There are exactly 11,953 members on CP.

What percentage of CP members have gone completely insane from reading DeBerg Threads?

[crazycoffey]

Originally Posted by Gonzo

Bonus question:
There are exactly 11,953 members on CP.

What percentage of CP members have gone completely insane from reading DeBerg Threads?

Only 1%

99% were already already completely insane.......

[Demonpenz]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Is $85 a typical price? That's less than the cost of a dinner date and movie.

125

[BlackHelicopters]

As usual, this thread is worthless without pics of teacher.
Never mind . Forget the pics for numerous reasons.

[displacedinMN]

This 'quiz' has been around as long as I have been teaching. (23 years in Middle School)

It was a joke for adults. Not kids. Every few years I hear of some idiot that gives it to their students to make math 'more relatable.' How stupid are you?

It just give the rest of us a bad reputation.