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发帖数: 29846 | 1 October 12, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston
A central Illinois school recently gave students an assignment many are
calling a “death panel” assignment. The fifteen year olds were told to
decide what six of ten people would be allowed to get life-saving medical
treatment.
The school, St. Joseph Ogden High School in St. Joseph, IL, presented
students with the situation where ten patients needed dialysis treatments.
But, the kids were told, the local hospital only had six dialysis machines
with which to save their lives. Four people must die, the assignment gravely
said. Then the kids were given a list of descriptions of ten people and
were told to pick the six who would get the treatment and the four who would
die.
On the list were a lawyer, a housewife, a doctor, a disabled person, a
college student, an ex-convict guilty of man-slaughter, a prostitute, a
teacher, a cop, and a Lutheran Minister.
Kids had to choose which of these people would live and which would die.
The class was a social sciences class and the assignment is the sort of
ethical dilemma scenario that college students are often presented in
philosophy classes. But many are questioning the propriety of giving 14 and
15 year olds such an assignment.
The school did respond to questions in a statement by school principal,
Brian Brooks.
“The assignment you are referring to is not a ‘Death Panel’
assignment. The assignment is one in the sociology unit of our Introduction
To Social Studies class. The purpose of the assignment is to educate
students about social values and how people in our society unfortunately
create biases based off of professions, race, gender, etc. The teacher’s
goal is to educate students in the fact that these social value biases exist
, and that hopefully students will see things from a different perspective
after the activity is completed. The teacher’s purpose in the element of
the assignment you are referring to is to get students emotionally involved
to participate in the classroom discussion, and to open their minds to the
fact that they themselves have their own social biases. The assignment has
nothing to do with a ‘Death Panel.’”
“We encourage parents to contact their son/daughter’s teachers if they
have any concerns about an assignment in the classroom. That line of
communication typically clears up any potential misunderstanding.”
But some Illinoisans are wondering if this is an appropriate assignment.
Questions on whether or not this is a part of Common Core curriculum,
exactly who approved of the assignment, and why was the assignment really
created are being asked by parents and others in the Land of Lincoln. | a**e
发帖数: 8800 | 2 这得多煞笔才会出这种题啊。
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: October 12, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston
: A central Illinois school recently gave students an assignment many are
: calling a “death panel” assignment. The fifteen year olds were told to
: decide what six of ten people would be allowed to get life-saving medical
: treatment.
: The school, St. Joseph Ogden High School in St. Joseph, IL, presented
: students with the situation where ten patients needed dialysis treatments.
: But, the kids were told, the local hospital only had six dialysis machines
: with which to save their lives. Four people must die, the assignment gravely
: said. Then the kids were given a list of descriptions of ten people and
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