Mississipi Teacher Gives Students Strange Assignment

Mississippi (GTN)-A sixth-grade science teacher at a Jackson, Mississippi Middle School could face disciplinary action for forcing a class to list the students most likely to die before 19, most likely to get the aids virus, and most likely to get pregnant before they graduate from high school.
The Teacher , Ms. Brucilla Willis (pictured left), told the students to fill out a paper with questions such as who in the class is most likely to contract AIDS/HIV, go to jail and be poor, one of the student's parent said.

Jackson Public Schools apologized to students and parents Wednesday, saying an "inexperienced teacher" used "poor professional judgment."


"The district shares the concern of the parents and students and extends an apology to those who were subjected to this experience. In an effort to address this matter with the teacher and to express our displeasure regarding this act, we have recommended disciplinary action," JPS said in a news release.

School officials said they approved the lesson plan but did not approve the assignment. The school in Jackson serves students in grades 6-8.

One student's parent said the class of about 19 students did not want to do the assignment, but the die-hard teacher insisted. After the students gave the teacher the answers, she tallied the totals and put them on the wall, he said.

The parent said his daughter was listed as the fifth most likely to become pregnant in high school. "That's when they began to make fun of each other," he said. "This is just ignorant. It shows that not only is there a need to educate our students, but we need to better educate our teachers." He added,"I've always taught her to be number one, so she's really confused."

He said it was not clear if the assignment was meant to motivate students to do better or if it was meant as a joke. He said the assignment could negatively impact the students' performance on the Mississippi Curriculum Test, which began Tuesday.

GT News has obtained the complete assignment and photos of the students traumatized by this exam. Shown are a few examples:




Little Johnny Denver, voted by classmates to be the first to work in a chocolate factory.
















Caitlin Upshaw squeaked out Amy Lippincott for most likely to hold her man captive with duct tape.


















Patrick Hitchcock was voted first in class to get the rare avian influenza.













Poor Adolfo Gonzalos elected most likely to join the circus.

















Chuck Jaeger. According to his classmates-most likely to snap a bungee cord.

















Carrie (Scary Carrie) Elkington was voted first girl in her class to be
mocked at the Junior Prom















Norbert Lumpkin-most likely to get beat up right after class.




Stay tuned to GT News for more on this developing story.




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