School apologizes for ‘Nazi’ writing assignment

The assignment:

“You must argue that Jews are evil, and use solid rationale from government propaganda to convince me of your loyalty to the Third Reich!”

Now, in part the assignment makes sense. The idea is to make the youngun’s think critically and formulate arguments they – presumably – normally wouldn’t. But… damn. C’mon.

I can think of a whole bunch of alternates that would be just as challenging, and not nearly as *specific* in offensiveness. Argue that:

Slavery is just and proper

Nations should have a single religion

Killing babies is ok

Democracy should be done away with in favor of totalitarian monarchy

The world is flat

Only those with concealed carry permits are to be allowed to vote

Voting restrictions based on IQ

Voting restrictions based on credit rating

Voting restrictions based on percentage paid in income tax

Access to technology should be limited to some populations based on their demonstrated ability to handle it appropriately

Scientific research should be limited to those branches of science that will do the most good.

Any other suggestions?