Students in Louisiana thought this math symbol(SQRT or √ ) looked like a gun. Police were called

[RugersGR8]

If this would have occurred in some typical radicalized(SQRT or √ radical) Blue State it would have been more believeable, but Louisiana????????? Just another "pointing of the finger"/"Pop Tart" gun debacle.

http://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article201604224.html
Students in Louisiana thought this math symbol looked like a gun. Police were called
BY SCOTT BERSON
February 22, 2018 12:43 PM
Updated 7 hours 34 minutes ag

 

[Cohiba]

 

[Seadog]

Sometimes it seems like there isn't any hope for the future

 

[RugersGR8]

Another horrendous/traumatic "gun" event from the not too distant past:

 

[D. Hargrove]

GO POKES!!!!

 

[MacFromOK]

Sometimes it seems like there isn't any hope for the future

Only a couple times.

Daytime and nighttime... :/

 

[D. Hargrove]

In all honesty, maybe the kids really thought it was a gun.Louisiana is raked 51st in overall ranking of States for edumacation in the attached link.
https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with-the-best-schools/5335/

 

[C_Hallbert]

The School Superintendent probably said, “No student should have to feel threatened by others that are more intelligent than they are!” “To show our solidarity with the emerging Marxist Culture of Universal Stupidity, we are showing the world that we are just as mentally incompetent as the simpleton that reported this absurd observation!”


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[C_Hallbert]

The School Superintendent probably said, “No student should have to feel threatened by others that are more intelligent than they are!” “To show our solidarity with the emerging Marxist Culture of Universal Stupidity, we are showing the world that we are just as mentally incompetent as the simpleton that reported this absurd observation!”


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[Dave70968]

I'm disappointed the paper felt the need to explain the concept of square roots, and even more disappointed at how poorly it was done.