Eleven-year-old Micaela Reyes' best friend and four other students were sold into slavery last week during a private-school lesson in Roman history and behavior reinforcement.

The exercise was incorporated into a fifth-grade history lesson titled "Rome, Ruler of the Ancient World" at Eagle's Nest Christian Academy, a school in Milton [Delaware] for pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.

The five students who were auctioned off to classmates had low merit points, said Reyes' mother, Margaret, who called the lesson "demeaning."

"If they volunteered, that would have been one thing," [child psychologist Vicki Panaccione] said. "But to take the kids at the bottom of the performance -- that's just like putting a big 'L' for loser on their foreheads."

The only thing I can think of here is that the school's name reminds me of Kehlsteinhaus.....

toGA toGA toGA....that's what I'm talkin' about.

There's so much potential for fun here. The slaves did on occasion rebel, there were gladiators, they could make their own money out of playdoh or something, another class could be visigoths. Just so much cool stuff.

They should have made the selection random to point out anyone could be kidnapped and sold into slavery. The Barbary pirates are still a noticeable part of folk history here, especially on the coastal regions (approx ~1 million taken from Europe).

-LS

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Personally, I'd want to BRAND a big "L" on the forehead of my slave! Christian schools are fun! Wheeee!

-- Nephele

They should have made the selection random to point out anyone could be kidnapped and sold into slavery. The Barbary pirates are still a noticeable part of folk history here, especially on the coastal regions (approx ~1 million taken from Europe).

-LS