As kids entered my class 3rd period (I stood at the door, holding it open for kids), one student thought it would be a good idea to call another student "terrorist" since he's ethnically Arabish.  The outburst after that, plus flashbacks to my own "being bullied days" in middle school, with all the pressure, I teared up in front of my kids.

It's an anonymous survey.  The only information the class would get is the mean, median, standard deviation, distribution, etc.  I fail to see how this would devolve into political arguments.

In any case, it was just an example question.  You can replace it with "how many hours of TV do you watch per week", or something equally as banal.

Questions can be about anything: height, weight, political lean (0-100, 0=conservative, 100=liberal), how many hours per week do they do homework, how many texts do they send per week, do they play sports, etc.

3.5 weeks in, still no printer in my room. But I got paid, so I have a printer at home.

Also, Thursday night I finally found out was actually supposed to be taught (Math 8 CCSS). So I guess we do Statistics and Probability starting Monday.

How old was he?

My sincerest thoughts and well-wished to any who were present or know any who were present during this tragedy.  Some people just like to watch the world burn.  Hopefully swift justice will befall them.

I want it.

Obscure combo: mayonnaise on meatball hoagie is delicious