Viggen Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 Eleven-year-old Micaela Reyes' best friend and four other students were sold into slavery last week during a private-school lesson in Roman history and behavior reinforcement. The exercise was incorporated into a fifth-grade history lesson titled "Rome, Ruler of the Ancient World" at Eagle's Nest Christian Academy, a school in Milton for pre-kindergarten through eighth grade... ...read full article at Delaware Online Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephele Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 "If they volunteered, that would have been one thing," she said. "But to take the kids at the bottom of the performance -- that's just like putting a big 'L' for loser on their foreheads." I'd want to BRAND a big "L" on the forehead of my slave! Christian schools are fun! Wheeee! -- Nephele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 I would gladly have sold my classmates into slavery. I would only have gotten a nickel for them, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostOfClayton Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 I wish they'd said a bit more about the Roman breakfast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephele Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 Eagle's Nest Christian Academy? Anyone here making a connection to Kehlsteinhaus? -- Nephele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 The fact that the "Roman consul" had used his or her auctoritas to liberate the "slaves" suggests the kids readily detected that something wasn't fair about this whole affair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldrail Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 Throw the vendor to the lions, I say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmo Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 There are unexplained price differences, a sure sign of an immature market. The school must work on the supply side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centurion-Macro Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Why all the fuss over it? It was role playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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