Stupid Crap Teachers Told You

[Noders]

wait how about this one he also said that communists just wanted peace during the cold war and that battle tanks didn't revolutionize warfare i mean come on

[Natapoc]

In our defense, we'd probably say less stupid stuff if we weren't busy being poor and miserable.

Teachers are hardly the poorest profession.

I don't believe I said teaching was the poorest profession.

They're mostly pretty miserable, though. I haven't met one teacher that has said "I got my bills all paid, and I'm taking my vacation days this week!" Actually, I have only seen one or two teachers who sincerely SMILE

Awe you know why? Because schools are prisons and teachers feel the effects of it too. No human should have to be treated like the US school system tends to treat most children and teachers.

There are schools that are the exception but most are just very unhappy places to be.

[Santheres]

one of my teachers a libertarian said that George w bush caused global warming by nuking the caps

I'll believe about anything you say about your teachers... but I am pretty sure if your teacher said this then he/she had to be joking or being satirical

no i serious he wasn't joking it was in a private school

Maybe your sense of humor just sucks.

[The Rich Port]

My 4th grade teacher sent me to the principals office for correcting her statement that Mt. Everest is the tallest in the world. I pointed out that it was actually Mauna Kea. I argued the point, got the class encyclopedia out to prove her wrong and she sent me to the office for insubordination and 'back talk'. As I left the class she was saying that underwater mountains didn't count.

Well, that was just a pointless argument. That would be like me insisting o my teacher the moon doesn't have a face: DOES IT REALLY MATTER?

[Ryadn]

In our defense, we'd probably say less stupid stuff if we weren't busy being poor and miserable.

You're only miserable because you choose to be, and you teachers usually aren't that poor. When I interned with Ohio's AOS Performance Audit, I usually found that teachers were making substantially more than the community average before benefits (usually about 25%).

And Ohio's school funding situation is totally jacked. The Supreme Court has found it to be unconstitutional at least four times.

Intriguing saga, kin. I don't live in Ohio, I don't know anything about Ohio, I don't know any of the parameters of your "finding", especially whether the "community average" was a suitable living wage. I don't care what the Supreme Court thinks of Ohio's education funding. As for the miserable bit, I suppose you're right: I'd be quite a bit less stressed and harrowed if I could convince myself to care less and do less. Unfortunately, I can't.

[Noders]

In our defense, we'd probably say less stupid stuff if we weren't busy being poor and miserable.

Teachers are hardly the poorest profession.

I don't believe I said teaching was the poorest profession.

They're mostly pretty miserable, though. I haven't met one teacher that has said "I got my bills all paid, and I'm taking my vacation days this week!" Actually, I have only seen one or two teachers who sincerely SMILE

Awe you know why? Because schools are prisons and teachers feel the effects of it too. No human should have to be treated like the US school system tends to treat most children and teachers.

There are schools that are the exception but most are just very unhappy places to be.

THE MANS OR WOMAN IS A GENIUS

[Lackadaisical2]

In our defense, we'd probably say less stupid stuff if we weren't busy being poor and miserable.

Teachers are hardly the poorest profession.

I don't believe I said teaching was the poorest profession.

They're mostly pretty miserable, though. I haven't met one teacher that has said "I got my bills all paid, and I'm taking my vacation days this week!" Actually, I have only seen one or two teachers who sincerely SMILE

I don't know that many people who smile when they're working.

You probably shouldn't bring up vacation days when comparing teaching to other professions either, if you want to take the teacher's side.

[Dyakovo]

A third of Texans believe that people and dinosaurs were sauntering around in the desert, together.

That's a load of shit.

reality disagrees...

Which means no one really cares what Texas teaches in it's schools. Sorry.

You clearly do. You and all your atheist friends sit around and bitch about how bad the world is because of Christianity all the time.

[Noders]

one of my teachers a libertarian said that George w bush caused global warming by nuking the caps

I'll believe about anything you say about your teachers... but I am pretty sure if your teacher said this then he/she had to be joking or being satirical

no i serious he wasn't joking it was in a private school

Maybe your sense of humor just sucks.

was that flaming?

[The Adrian Empire]

My Religious Education teacher tried to tell the class that artificial insemination was an abomination, because God has a plan for reproduction and it would be an absolute evil to ignore that.

My reply? "Luke 1:35"

I am glad I go to a public school where Religion is a no-no to teach. Because if I was in a Religion class, there would be daily arguments.

That seems wrong, nothing should be a no-no to teach, my World Religions elective class was very unbiased, despite the entire class being either atheist, deist or Christian, we had a lot of debates, but debates are a great form of education.
World Religions should a required course in school, from personal experience I can say it makes people much more accepting of each other's beliefs. And their are too many misconceptions about it all.

[Ryadn]

My 4th grade teacher sent me to the principals office for correcting her statement that Mt. Everest is the tallest in the world. I pointed out that it was actually Mauna Kea. I argued the point, got the class encyclopedia out to prove her wrong and she sent me to the office for insubordination and 'back talk'. As I left the class she was saying that underwater mountains didn't count.

That depends entirely on what she meant by "tallest", how well she communicated that, and how much of a smart ass you were.

[Santheres]

Maybe your sense of humor just sucks.

was that flaming?

No.

It was a legitimate point made at your absolutely ridiculous statement.

[OMGeverynameistaken]

My 4th grade teacher sent me to the principals office for correcting her statement that Mt. Everest is the tallest in the world. I pointed out that it was actually Mauna Kea. I argued the point, got the class encyclopedia out to prove her wrong and she sent me to the office for insubordination and 'back talk'. As I left the class she was saying that underwater mountains didn't count.

Well, that was just a pointless argument. That would be like me insisting o my teacher the moon doesn't have a face: DOES IT REALLY MATTER?

To a 4th grader with a freshly checked out book on geography it does.

[Tungookska]

In our defense, we'd probably say less stupid stuff if we weren't busy being poor and miserable.

Teachers are hardly the poorest profession.

I don't believe I said teaching was the poorest profession.

They're mostly pretty miserable, though. I haven't met one teacher that has said "I got my bills all paid, and I'm taking my vacation days this week!" Actually, I have only seen one or two teachers who sincerely SMILE

My father and grandfather were/are teachers and they are very good financially, but all males in my family lack the ability to smile.

[Greater Americania]

reality disagrees...

I'm from Texas, man. You can't fool me. I know the outside world still likes to think that we're a backwards bunch of rednecks that still use horses as our primary means of transportation, but believe it or not, that's not the case.

[Noders]

Maybe your sense of humor just sucks.

was that flaming?

No.

It was a legitimate point made at your absolutely ridiculous statement.

fine believe as you will im not gonna argue

[The Rich Port]

Awe you know why? Because schools are prisons and teachers feel the effects of it too. No human should have to be treated like the US school system tends to treat most children and teachers.

There are schools that are the exception but most are just very unhappy places to be.

Yup, my school was DESIGNED by a prison architect, so that's probably true. The culture here is mostly about the whole gangsta BS. Kids are dealing dime bags and they think they need a gun. They have a soupped-up compact and they think they're street racers. They're douches, so they think the school has a "hierarchy" like it's freakin' Clueless or something. They're horny, so they think they should flash everyone in the hallways. And they're bored, so they think they should write a note saying they're gonna shoot up the school. I tell ya, there's something wrong with my generation, O_O

[Natapoc]

My 4th grade teacher sent me to the principals office for correcting her statement that Mt. Everest is the tallest in the world. I pointed out that it was actually Mauna Kea. I argued the point, got the class encyclopedia out to prove her wrong and she sent me to the office for insubordination and 'back talk'. As I left the class she was saying that underwater mountains didn't count.

While the various incidents are too numerous to list, I could make my high school history teacher visibly flinch by raising my hand. I did kind of feel sorry for the guy since the class was full of idiots who had had trouble reading the textbook, much less listening to anything that wasn't about sports, but hopefully I helped his next class out a bit. Various examples include spelling Afghanistan with a 'ph', the airplane being invented in 1914, and the locomotive being invented in the US.

That is stupid. Teachers should be encouraging you to find things like that. It shows you are interested in learning and finding data. Of course it is also not totally the teachers fault as rigid state enforced curriculum and guidelines make it almost impossible for them to properly teach.

[Ryadn]

My Religious Education teacher tried to tell the class that artificial insemination was an abomination, because God has a plan for reproduction and it would be an absolute evil to ignore that.

My reply? "Luke 1:35"

Uh... Ruth and her maidservant? *grasps for one of the five stories from the Bible she knows*

[Riveara]

One of my teachers was preaching about how vindictive justice was wrong, and we should only use reformation justice. Then I countered with "What about people who like killing, you cannot reform them unless you preform a lobotomy."

His teaching style was kinda like this: "I don't want to tell you how to think, but this is right."

I wouldn't have been impressed with your debate skills if I was your teacher, either.

Well that was just summing it up, I have better points then that.

[Grandais]

reality disagrees...

I'm from Texas, man. You can't fool me. I know the outside world still likes to think that we're a backwards bunch of rednecks that still use horses as our primary means of transportation, but believe it or not, that's not the case.

We're not saying that you all are. Just that those that are are much worse and more vocal about it.

[Santheres]

Awe :( you know why? Because schools are prisons and teachers feel the effects of it too. No human should have to be treated like the US school system tends to treat most children and teachers.

There are schools that are the exception but most are just very unhappy places to be.

Yup, my school was DESIGNED by a prison architect, so that's probably true. The culture here is mostly about the whole gangsta BS. Kids are dealing dime bags and they think they need a gun. They have a soupped-up compact and they think they're street racers. They're douches, so they think the school has a "hierarchy" like it's freakin' Clueless or something. They're horny, so they think they should flash everyone in the hallways. And they're bored, so they think they should write a note saying they're gonna shoot up the school. I tell ya, there's something wrong with my generation, O_O

The school does have a hierarchy, whether you can see it or not, and whether you take active part in it or not. Personally, I did, and I hate that I did, but still ... I did. There's a hierarchy based on everyone slamming their boot down on the people below them, except for the people at the very top who are usually really great people (in my experience, and based on stories) because they have no reason to step on other people (anymore, at least).

[The Rich Port]

To a 4th grader with a freshly checked out book on geography it does.

Ah, well, maybe you just laid the gravy on too hard. Smart peope are annoying to oppressors, 'member?

[Greater Americania]

We're not saying that you all are. Just that those that are are much worse and more vocal about it.

I mean granted, there are Texan idiots, but there are idiots everywhere.

[Robarya]

That everyone is equal has to be stupid crap #1 on the list.