Stupid Crap Teachers Told You

[Ryadn]

My school teachers tell you:
Communism = dictatorship
Communism = evil and undemocratic

My little girl came home from school just a few weeks ago having learned that valuable lesson.

American schools are so ridiculously partisan and insular it's almost comical.

Is it true there are such things as Coca-Cola sponsored schools in the US?

Absolutely not. Pepsi sponsored my high school.

[Orumbia]

Nobody hates America

Yeah: Western Europe and the Radical Islamic world hate us. And Russia and China too

[Blouman Empire]

Is there another way that is 100% guaranteed?

Castration and hysterectomy seem to work pretty well. Hard to make a baby when you lack the equipment to do so.

Hard to have sex when you don't have a penis.

[Dazchan]

Yet you really never did read my posts. There's no REAL reason to have school uniforms other than to just have kids wear them. Also lol. Bullshit. A decade yet you claim to be 25? Quit being a fucking liar.

I didn't say I had been teaching for a decade. I said I had dedicated [/i]almost[/i] a decade of my life to students. The sum total of my time training (dedicated to students) and teaching (also dedicated to students) is quite close to a decade.

In any case, I'm done with you. There's a reason why I don't teach special ed, and you're it.

[Blouman Empire]

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?

Also it can be shown to be incorrect as it isn't the highest from sea level.

Tallest =/= highest above sea level. You measure how tall something is from its base. You measure how high it is from sea level.

I am aware of that it is why I used highest.

If I had changed it to tallest I would be correct.

Regardless, the teacher probably used tallest to mean heighest.

[Chetssaland]

Nobody hates America

Yeah: Western Europe and the Radical Islamic world hate us. And Russia and China too

I wonder if I would hate America if I grew up in say... the UK. I am very much patriotic, being an American. It still has many flaws though, and its important to not look past them like some people. Others though, hate their country (America) just because of all its mistakes in the past. They go around apologizing for it. Just try to fix your mistakes and look ahead, don't complain about them.

[Blouman Empire]

Is there another way that is 100% guaranteed?

Regularly playing World of Warcraft.

It depends what regular is, though I do know a girl who plays it quite often and still manages to have a boyfriend.

[Chetssaland]

Is there another way that is 100% guaranteed?

Castration and hysterectomy seem to work pretty well. Hard to make a baby when you lack the equipment to do so.

Hard to have sex when you don't have a penis.

Not if your a woman...

[Blouman Empire]

In my Geography class (year 9) we got a map of the world and were asked to label where Australia is (This is in an Australian school).
Later, we got a map of Australia (with state boundaries marked but no names on it) and were asked to label the states and their capitals AND our teacher said: "If you're having trouble in labelling the states just ask me"

And what stupid crap did she teach you?

Yeah, I see no problem with that. It may be important to know name the states of Australia, especially if you live there.

I think he's referring to the fact that he's in 9th grade and being made to do the exact same task I gave my fourth graders last week.

That could be it, I thought it seemed odd for them to be doing basic work.

[UnhealthyTruthseeker]

Hard to have sex when you don't have a penis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castration

[Dazchan]

In my Geography class (year 9) we got a map of the world and were asked to label where Australia is (This is in an Australian school).
Later, we got a map of Australia (with state boundaries marked but no names on it) and were asked to label the states and their capitals AND our teacher said: "If you're having trouble in labelling the states just ask me"

And what stupid crap did she teach you?

Yeah, I see no problem with that. It may be important to know name the states of Australia, especially if you live there.

I think he's referring to the fact that he's in 9th grade and being made to do the exact same task I gave my fourth graders last week.

...Oops, my mistake. I'm not sure what year 9 is in Australia but I'm sure its close to eight grade or high school. Yeah if you didn't know that by then, wow. I had all 50 states memorized with capitals and abbreviations in the fourth grade. I forgot some of the exact abbreviations but other than that...

Year nine students are around 14/15.

And we have no excuse for not knowing states by then - we only have six of them.

[Blouman Empire]

Is there another way that is 100% guaranteed?

Castration and hysterectomy seem to work pretty well. Hard to make a baby when you lack the equipment to do so.

Hard to have sex when you don't have a penis.

Not if your a woman...

True.

[Saint Jade IV]

In my Geography class (year 9) we got a map of the world and were asked to label where Australia is (This is in an Australian school).
Later, we got a map of Australia (with state boundaries marked but no names on it) and were asked to label the states and their capitals AND our teacher said: "If you're having trouble in labelling the states just ask me"

And what stupid crap did she teach you?

Yeah, I see no problem with that. It may be important to know name the states of Australia, especially if you live there.

I think he's referring to the fact that he's in 9th grade and being made to do the exact same task I gave my fourth graders last week.

...Oops, my mistake. I'm not sure what year 9 is in Australia but I'm sure its close to eight grade or high school. Yeah if you didn't know that by then, wow. I had all 50 states memorized with capitals and abbreviations in the fourth grade. I forgot some of the exact abbreviations but other than that...

Year nine students are around 14/15.

And we have no excuse for not knowing states by then - we only have six of them.

Did they have to label the territories as well? Because that might be where they got confused...

[Chetssaland]

Is there another way that is 100% guaranteed?

Castration and hysterectomy seem to work pretty well. Hard to make a baby when you lack the equipment to do so.

Hard to have sex when you don't have a penis.

Not if your a woman...

True.

Oh. My God. I said something on NSG and someone else said it was true. That's going in the diary *starts to rapidly write*

[Blouman Empire]

Is there another way that is 100% guaranteed?

Castration and hysterectomy seem to work pretty well. Hard to make a baby when you lack the equipment to do so.

Hard to have sex when you don't have a penis.

Not if your a woman...

True.

Oh. My God. I said something on NSG and someone else said it was true. That's going in the diary *starts to rapidly write*

Happens once in a blue moon.

[Wiztopia]

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I would have refused to leave.

That would've only made it worse. Just take your punishment and let the teacher be wrong.

I don't give a shit. A hypocrite like that deserves a nice punch in the face actually.

Yet you really never did read my posts. There's no REAL reason to have school uniforms other than to just have kids wear them. Also lol. Bullshit. A decade yet you claim to be 25? Quit being a fucking liar.

I didn't say I had been teaching for a decade. I said I had dedicated [/i]almost[/i] a decade of my life to students. The sum total of my time training (dedicated to students) and teaching (also dedicated to students) is quite close to a decade.

In any case, I'm done with you. There's a reason why I don't teach special ed, and you're it.

Why? You're afraid to see yourself mirrored in those students?

[Gauntleted Fist]

I don't really remember anything that I truly considered stupid at the time of being told it coming from my teachers. From my fellow classmates, sure, but not from my teachers. *shrug*

[Chetssaland]

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I would have refused to leave.

That would've only made it worse. Just take your punishment and let the teacher be wrong.

I don't give a shit. A hypocrite like that deserves a nice punch in the face actually.

Right, go ahead and try that. It doesn't matter what they deserve. The fact is, they're your boss. Wether you disagree with what they say/do or not, just bite your lip and move on.

[Tkdkidsx2]

My Algebra II teacher tried to tell us that 2x-2=-9. I got 5 bonus points on my test for pointing that out.

doesn't it equal -4?

Last time I checked it did.

Isn't it -3.5?

[Gauntleted Fist]

My Algebra II teacher tried to tell us that 2x-2=-9. I got 5 bonus points on my test for pointing that out.

doesn't it equal -4?

Last time I checked it did.

Isn't it -3.5?

Depends on what you're doing with the problem. <.<;

Solving for x, it's -3.5, yes, or ^-7/₂.

[Tkdkidsx2]

My Algebra II teacher tried to tell us that 2x-2=-9. I got 5 bonus points on my test for pointing that out.

doesn't it equal -4?

Last time I checked it did.

Isn't it -3.5?

Depends on what you're doing with the problem. <.<;

Solving for x, it's -3.5, yes, or ^-7/₂.

What else could you do with it?

[Blouman Empire]

That the Catholic Church teached for centuries that the Earth was flat.

[Novograd IV]

what's with all the kid bashing on this forum?
most kids where i come from are good with reasoning and the like. just the fact that we're under 18 means that society often gets the idea that we don't deserve any respect, of course i applaud those who treat us as humans.
we do a lot better with teachers who respect us, some teachers just have such an oppresive manner that we can't focus (at least i can't)

another stupid thing:

small group: general chat
French teacher: shut up
<pause and total silence>
F T: SHUT UP! (speaking to someone who genuinely hadn't said anything)
kid: sir i didn't do anything thou...
F T: I DONT CARE I AM NOT HERE TO TEACH YOU FRENCH I AM HERE TO EACH YOU MANNERS!!!!

it was so hard not to literaly rofl then

[Wiztopia]

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I would have refused to leave.

That would've only made it worse. Just take your punishment and let the teacher be wrong.

I don't give a shit. A hypocrite like that deserves a nice punch in the face actually.

Right, go ahead and try that. It doesn't matter what they deserve. The fact is, they're your boss. Wether you disagree with what they say/do or not, just bite your lip and move on.

I have no boss. You're wrong. I'm not going to let them get away with being a hypocrite. That would just be stupid.

[Grandais]

That the Catholic Church teached for centuries that the Earth was flat.

*taught

On a similar subject, that Columbus sailed around the world to prove that the Earth wasn't flat. Fuck, the ANCIENT GREEKS knew that the world was round and tried to work out it circumference.
I haven't had this from a teacher I don't think, but most recently some Baptists I was arguing with in the city used it to support her argument (which of course didn't make sense since her argument was full of holes, contradictions and circular reasoning)
We continued 'arguing' for some time until her companion told me to shove off if I wasn't going to 'talk to Jesus about the same things you've talked to us about'
Anyway, people ask me why I don't like Baptists, but every one that I've met or heard about are fundies, and trying to talk to them is like arguing with a brick wall. You're never going to get anywhere, they're not going to acknowledge anything you say, keep saying the same things which make no sense, and use nonsensical and often wrong metaphors. I 'argued' with them for an hour and got absolutely nowhere.
I did get free tissues though.

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