Prison instructor reprimanded

CNEWS: "NEWPORT, Ark. (AP) -- The Arkansas Department of Correction has reprimanded one of its math instructors, saying he substituted units of cocaine and methamphetamine while testing inmates on their multiplication skills.
Instead of using apples and oranges to calculate ratios, the instructor at the Grimes Unit prison used rocks of cocaine and meth ingredients. Among the questions:
-- 'Rico sells 422 rocks per week in four different territories. He wants to expand to seven different territories. If he continues to sell at the same rate how many rocks per week will he sell in seven territories?'
-- 'Jim Bob is cookin crystal meth in his back yard.' After giving the formula for meth, the teacher posed the question, 'How many Sudafedrine pills must he mix with 2.8 quarters of amonia?'
The teacher said he learned the equation from his students, according to Correction Department spokeswoman Dina Tyler.
'Which makes sense,' Tyler said. 'They're the ones who would know.'
The Grimes Unit prison is in Jackson County, the subject of a recent People magazine article on meth use.
Tyler said Friday a letter of reprimand was placed in the teacher's file"

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