A sixth-grade teacher at a Washington, D.C., middle school is in deep water after assigning students to make comparisons between former president George W. Bush and Adolf Hitler in a class project.

According to local media, the educator at McKinley Middle School sent students home with a Venn diagram with instructions to compare and contrast Hitler and Bush, stating that "both men abused their powers."

Are they alike? Similarities? Anyone?

Full story: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/11/teacher-assigns-project-comparing-hitler-and-george-w-bush/15440065/