Middle schoolers have it rough on a variety of levels: these years are prime time for puberty, emotional highs and lows, and bullying. For many reasons, it can be a tough and confusing time (as the mother of two middle schoolers myself, I promise you I am speaking the truth!) One would hope that their teachers can be a positive and stabilizing force for these middle schoolers, but in the case of one group of sixth-graders at a Virginia school, a teacher’s actions this week just caused confusion and uproar.
Why? Because he or she gave students THIS “family quiz” for “Family and Consumer Sciences” class. It starts off ok, but check out the four questions at the bottom!
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You have to SEE it to believe it. A teacher gave a group of sixth-grade middle schoolers a “family quiz” with the questions:
What do you call it when a married person has a relationship with someone else? Answer: an affair
What do you call a married man’s girlfriend? Answer: Mistress
What do you call the much younger boyfriend of an older woman? Answer: Boy Toy
What do you call the much younger and beautiful wife of an older, wealthy man? Answer: Trophy wife
I think I speak for all parents everywhere when I say: WHAT IN THE WORLD??????
Parents quickly complained (I mean, obviously!!!) and the local news picked up the story.
