As a high school senior, Kayla Thomas is used to being tested.
But she says an exam that was recently given in her AP Psychology class at Klein Collins High went too far.
“I read through the test. I couldn’t believe it was ever given out,” Thomas said.
The exam is called the Chitling Test.
It’s full of multiple choice questions like this one:
Q: If a pimp is uptight with a woman who gets state aid, what does he mean when he talks about Mother’s Day?
A: The first and 15th of every month.
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“I couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t answer it. I didn’t know the answers. Didn’t think I should have to know the answers,” Thomas said.
Thomas went home and told her mom, who couldn’t believe it herself.
“One of the questions said ‘down home South, picking cotton’ and she was talking about a pimp … and I said ‘what?’” Kay Thomas said.
She says the test has no business in a school.
“It’s unacceptable. It’s totally unacceptable. They need to apologize to Kayla. They need to apologize to the class,” Thomas said.
A spokeswoman from Klein ISD declined to comment on camera.
Over the phone, she told 11 News the test is an approved part of the state curriculum for the AP Psych class.
The district later released the following statement regarding the test:
"Advanced Placement Psychology is a course designed to study behavior, personality and what elicits emotions through the context of various experiences or materials. The curriculum materials for the advanced course include an intelligence test written in 1968. Taking the test was a learning activity to help students see how cultural basis will influence emotions, feelings and outcomes. A comprehensive explanation on how this test illustrates bias was cut short by the teacher’s absence due to a death in the family. Both the teacher and the principal have been empathetic to the student and parent concerns. The teacher and the principal agree that a high degree of sensitivity is necessary in using such materials."
