Middle school teaching Texas Hold Em.

Mexington wrote:

Did anyone know that they are teaching gambling at the middle school? In Lexington? You know like Texas Hold Em and other like it. They even play with pretend money. Lets just create a bunch of gambling addicts while were at it, in this for good for nothing place. Its a new math teaching technique. Are you serious. This is as good as the educators can come up with???? The students cant get a higher education than gambling? The school must not expect much of the kids. "Well since your gonna be stuck here might as well learn how to gamble. God knows your to stupid for college."

Edu wrote:

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And by the way, maybe you should type your response with a little better spelling and grammer. It really shows how intelligently thought out this tpost on Texas hold'em really was.

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Mexington wrote:

You know like Texas Hold Em and other like it.

Lets just create a bunch of gambling addicts while were at it, in this for good for nothing place. Its a new math teaching technique. Are you serious.

Lexingtonite wrote:

They teach them how to make bombs too! I called the police about this video and they said that the kids learn to make bombs in middle school. They didn't seem too concerned about it. The scary thing is that kids who make little bombs for fun will probably be making bigger bombs next!
http://www.youtube.com/watch...

Edu wrote:

It's interesting that you believe that bomb making is in the curriculum at the school. There is nothing in the video to make one believe they learned this in school. But they do however teach kids how to do many other safe and educational science-related things. Maybe you should attend the Science Fair they have once a year, or the Science Olympiad. I'll agree that there are some bad apples, however the Middle school does not condone, nor do they teach these kinds of things.
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Edu wrote:

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That's amazing, I did not know they were teaching gambling. In fact I did not know this because I taught the class. Maybe you should get the facts first before you bash an educational institution. The class description stated it was a NON-GAMBLING community card game. Students learned the history of how the game became popular in the West, and how it became a Tournament game broadcast on national television today. They learned how to interact socially with other students whom they would normally never talk to, they learned problem solving, probability, and strategy in a card game after having learned all the suits, hands, and powers of each. These students played with red, white, and blue plastic chips. Yes they did have a monetary assignment to the chips but I felt it necessary for the game. These kids were reminded constantly that this was not gambling and that gambling is illegal. Lastly this is a TOURNAMENT game. If you have ever watched this game on tv you would know that each contender pays a fee to enter the tournament, plays the game with plastic chips, and if they win they recieve a cash prize. I used to race motorcycles. When I went to a race I would pay an entry fee, try my best to win, and if I did I would win a money prize. And by the way, maybe you should type your response with a little better spelling and grammer. It really shows how intelligently thought out this tpost on Texas hold'em really was. I had a class of young kids that were excited about a card game when most had never even picked up a deck of cards before, some even went home and taught their family so they could play a game on their family night. That will no longer happen now because some poorly informed person complained to the school that their child was being taught how to gamble.