The subject is MATH. The learning should be MATH. Other learning can happen where those types of critical thinking skills are taught.
That is not the purpose of a MATH class.
What about this hypothetical data set makes you so uncomfortable?
This isn't about me. It's about whether children should be expected to deal with irrelevant topics in class. There are an infinite number of ways to ask the same mathematical problem that don't involve political issues. But you insist that it must be so, then deny that it is so. And to cap it off, you call anyone that disagrees a racist... not flat out, through insinuation.
Bad faith argument.
>the specific example I gave isn't asking for any conclusions, only observations
Well, here's an observation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster#/medi...
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Setting the joke aside, is there really that much difference between giving you that (perfectly true) statistic and just telling you "pirates prevent global warming"?
The difference is the example question isn't political, it merely puts a data set in front of students and has them analyze it.
> You can't ask a politically-charged question in a class that has nothing to do with politics
The question has nothing to do with politics. It would be political if the teacher said: "now draw these conclusions, vote for these people". I know the link I provided had questions that were more in line with this, but the specific example I gave isn't asking for any conclusions, only observations