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California math teacher under investigation for ‘fat-shaming’ and ‘sexist’ questions on quiz

A California high school is investigating a math teacher after he gave his students Algebra I quizzes that many described as sexist and fat-shaming.

Veteran educator Tom Chan was placed on leave, according to a message from Lowell High School Principal Jan Bautista on Monday to parents.

‘They’re finally teaching real world math in schools.’

The San Francisco Chronicle documented some of the politically incorrect questions.

“The amount of money you spend on a date varies inversely to how much they weigh. A typical girl that weighs 120lbs will cost you $55,” one problem reads.

Students were asked to “derive the variation equation” and then figure out how much to spend on a date “with Ashely who is 220lbs.”

“The fat kid from last time wouldn’t be quiet about the candy I was eating in front of him, so I punted him into the air,” another question reads.

“How tall are you, and how much do you weight?” students were asked.

A spokesperson for the San Francisco Unified School District released a brief statement to the Chronicle.

“We take these concerns seriously and are actively investigating,” Laura Dudnick said.

“It’s pretty shocking,” one parent said about the quizzes. “The fact that nobody has brought this up to the school and he’s been there a really long time.”

Some online took the opportunity to take their own comedic jabs.

“They’re finally teaching real world math in schools,” one comment reads.

“This precisely the sort of practical question that will get kids to take math seriously,” an NRO writer said.

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“Y’all wanted culturally relevant education,” another user responded.

“Ask a 220 pound girl on a date and she’ll pay for everything,” online raconteur David Burge replied. “This why I got an 800 on the math section of my Dude Aptitude Test.”

“I’m more upset that 9th graders are doing simple ass math that Chinese kids do in the 4th grade,” another said.

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Major win for parents: Supreme Court bans schools from transitioning students in secret

The Supreme Court has granted a request from a group of California parents to reinstate a ruling that bans schools from hiding “children’s gender presentation” from them — and forces them to follow the parents’ instructions regarding the names and pronouns the children use.

BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey counts this as a win.

“Parents should absolutely know if their child is going by different pronouns or declaring that they are a boy at school. Right now in California, a student can go to school, say that ‘I want to transition to the opposite sex,’ and the student doesn’t have to notify parents,” she explains.

“They can socially transition that child. They can also get that child to a particular professional that will help them get the psychiatric care and the different medical treatments that they are seeking in order to look like the opposite sex,” she says.

Stuckey recalls a case out of California concerning Abigail Martinez, who lost custody of her teenage daughter Yaeli because she refused to support her transition.

Yaeli was placed in a group home, and a judge ruled that she could begin cross-sex hormones — but Yaeli took her own life.

“That’s what happens when you remove kids from the homes of parents who simply want what is best for their kids,” Stuckey says.

“You’ve got people framing this as, like, ‘Oh, it’s protection from abuse when the school won’t inform the parents of what’s really going on.’ The opposite is true. No one cares about your child the way that you do. No one knows your child the way that you do. The school does not care if your child lives or dies,” she continues.

However, while Stuckey is pleased with the ruling, she points out that it was only ruled unconstitutional because of the parental rights aspect, and there’s a long way to go before all of it is “completely illegal and stigmatized and criminalized.”

“You should actually go to prison if you are calling a child by the wrong, non-biological pronoun and encouraging them to change sexes,” Stuckey says.

“The Supreme Court is not where they need to be in understanding what is actually driving this gender deception among kids. It’s not genuine gender dysphoria,” she continues.

“It is pornography. It is propaganda. It is sexual perversion and even sexual abuse that’s going on. It has very little to do with gender dysphoria. So we’re not yet to the root of all of this in driving this out legally and ideologically, but this absolutely is a win for parents,” she adds.

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‘Sorry, something went wrong’: Tens of thousands of disruptions reported at Amazon website

A website that tracks online outages reports that tens of thousands of users have been unable to reach the Amazon website or have had trouble doing so on Thursday.

The Downdetector website reported a peak of more than 20,000 outages at about 3:45 p.m. ET, with many users reporting problems with checkout and payment errors.

‘WHOA. is anyone else’s Amazon all crazy right now??’

An Amazon spokesperson told Blaze News: “We’re sorry that some customers may be experiencing issues while shopping. We appreciate customers’ patience as we work to resolve the issue.”

Amazon also claimed that AWS is functioning as normal.

Many reported their outage experiences on social media.

“WHOA. is anyone else’s Amazon all crazy right now?? I’m shopping for something (or trying to) and there are no prices! No Prime listings! Everything has a ‘see options’ button instead and IT MAKES YOU ADD IT TO YOUR CART TO SEE THE FREAKING PRICES,” said one user. “NO. NO. WE ARE NOT DOING THIS.”

“Came on here just to verify Amazon is down, twitter never fails,” said another.

“Is Amazon down? Can’t login,” another user asked.

“Anyone else having problems with ordering something on Amazon? The app doesn’t seem to be working and neither does the online site,” said another.

“Folks, is Amazon glitching out? Everything I click on shows as unavailable,” said a user from Portugal.

Others posted screenshots of an error message they claimed to have received.

“Sorry, something went wrong on our end. Please go back and try again or go to Amazon’s homepage,” the reported message read.

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