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An Alabama middle school teacher has been placed on administrative leave after handing out a 10-question math quiz filled with references to drugs, violence and prostitutes to her eighth grade class.
Joanne Bolser was suspended after one of her language arts students at Burns Middle School in Mobile took a picture of the quiz and sent it to his mom, according to WPMI.
Bolser is a longtime educator who is set to retire this year.
One of the questions in the quiz, known online as the 'LA Math Proficiency Test', refers to 'Tyrone' who 'knocked up four girls in the gang'.
'There are 20 girls in his gang,' the question continues. 'What is the exact percentage of girls Tyrone knocked up?'
Another references a drug dealer named Leroy, who 'sells an 8 ball to Antonio for $320 and 2 grams to Juan for $85 per gram'.
'What is the street value of the rest of his hold?' it then asks.
There are also references to 'Ramon' and his frequent 'drive-by shootings', 'Pedro' serving six years for murder, Desmond and his stolen BMW and Corvette cars, and Dwayne - who 'pimps 3 ho's'.
'If the price is $85 per trick, how many tricks per day must each ho turn to support Dwayne's $800 per day crack habit,' the question then asks.
Erica Hall, the mother who received a picture of the test from her son on Friday, said she couldn't believe it when she saw the questions.
Hall said the students in her son's class thought it was a joke but their teacher instructed them to complete it and turn it in, she told WALA.
Both the school's principal and a school resource officer immediately investigated after Hall and her husband reported the test on Tuesday.
Mobile County Public Schools would not comment on personnel matters but told Daily Mail Online that the teacher who handed out the worksheet was placed on immediate leave.
'We regret this happened,' a spokeswoman for the district said. 'We have 7,500 employees at Mobile Public Schools and we overwhelmingly have excellent teachers.'
'This is a shame that it's taking away from their work.'
Bolser will have a hearing and the ability to appeal, as per state law. She was suspended just a day before the last day of the school year.
This isn't the first time 'The LA Math Proficiency Test', a parody quiz that has been circulating since the early 90s, has gotten a teacher in trouble.
Teachers in states including California, New Mexico, Texas and Illinois have all been suspended after handing out the test in their class.
This shit is so hilarious yet so infuriating. "Dwayne pimps 3 ho's. If the price is $85 per trick, how many tricks per day must each ho turn to support Dwayne's $800 per day crack habit?" Crackers gonna crack.
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