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My gut feeling tells me that a Holocaust experiment would be unacceptable for my own children without written consent:

Several parents in Apopka, Fla., are upset over a surprise school “Holocaust” project that some say tormented children, according to a Local 6 News report.

Local 6 News reported that eighth-graders with last names beginning with L through Z at Apopka Memorial Middle School were given yellow five-pointed stars for Holocaust Remembrance Day. Other students were privileged, the report said.

Not only were students assigned to wear the Star of David, an obvious bias was made towards “privileged” students meaning priority during lunch, seats during class, and general segregation.

What are your thoughts on the matter? Is the education system doing all it can to teach our youth about world history? Or, are experiments, like the one depicted above, acceptable and more likely to educate our students rather than books or class lectures? Are school-wide re-enactments acceptable supplemental teaching practices?