Tag Archives: standardized testing

Can You Answer The Talking Pineapple Question That Has Been Stumping Everyone?

April 21, 2012   Controversies, Politics&Law, Society&People, Viral, WTF

This standardized test exam question has been causing a stir and is probably the hardest question ever posed about a fable and a pineapple.

In the story, a take-off on Aesop’s fable about the tortoise and the hare, a talking pineapple challenges a hare to a race. The other animals wager on the immobile pineapple winning — and ponder whether it’s tricking them.

When the pineapple fails to move and the rabbit wins, the animals dine on the pineapple.

Students were asked two perplexing questions:

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NYC’s Proposed List Of Banned Topics

March 29, 2012   Controversies, Politics&Law

NYC war on words

What better site to post the list of topics being banned in NYC in hopes of making education more politically correct? The goal according to school officials is to keep students from feeling bad about themselves and would require the banning of

  • Abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, or psychological)
  • Alcohol (beer and liquor), tobacco, or drugs
  • Birthday celebrations (and birthdays)
  • Bodily functions
  • Cancer (and other diseases)
  • Catastrophes/disasters (tsunamis and hurricanes)
  • Celebrities
  • Children dealing with serious issues
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