Stupid Crap Teachers Told You

[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.

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.

You must probably find yourself in the principal's office a lot, yes?

[2nd PLT]

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.

[/derail]

That's worse than arguing with a brick wall.
At least a Brick wall will shut up, ya know?

[Blouman Empire]

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

*taught

Shit, let's just blame the lack of sleep I have had this weekend.

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.[/derail]

That's true that is another part of the story

[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.

You must probably find yourself in the principal's office a lot, yes?

I wonder how I would get sent to a principal if I'm out of school.

[Panzerjaeger]

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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.

You must probably find yourself in the principal's office a lot, yes?

I wonder how I would get sent to a principal if I'm out of school.

Ahhh so a drop out! Nice! President of Kazakhstan!

[Ract]

When I was in 4th grade (I suppose it was in 2000) we were asked if we did anything over the weekend. I said that I beat the high score on Snake on my mom's cell phone. My teacher said, "Wait, your mom has Snake on her cell phone? A cell phone with games on it? I find that hard to believe." I look back on that and say, "Really? Games on a cell phone is hard for you to believe?"

That is probably the dumbest thing one of my teachers ever said.

And my mom once told me that adults don't use words they don't know the meaning of. I have since found out that that is not true.

[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.

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.

You must probably find yourself in the principal's office a lot, yes?

I wonder how I would get sent to a principal if I'm out of school.

I'm sure you'll go far in life.

[Techno-Soviet]

I was told that everyone's opinion is equally valid and that all opinions matter.

This.

Also, Newton saw an apple fall from a tree and discovered gravity.

[Panzerjaeger]

I was told that everyone's opinion is equally valid and that all opinions matter.

This.

Also, Newton saw an apple fall from a tree and discovered gravity.

Pfft you got the story wrong already. See Newton was in a giant Mecha Fighting Space Lizards on Mars during the Third Plutonium War when all of a sudden while decapitating a foe whose head bounced off the ground Newton then screamed Gravity! and proceeded to jump on top the King of the Space Lizards squashing his guts out of his ribcage and that my friend is how gravity was invented and how Galactic Emperor Napoleon of Holy Terra conquered Mars with support from Supreme Dreadlord Issac Newton.

[Grandais]

When I was in 4th grade (I suppose it was in 2000) we were asked if we did anything over the weekend. I said that I beat the high score on Snake on my mom's cell phone. My teacher said, "Wait, your mom has Snake on her cell phone? A cell phone with games on it? I find that hard to believe." I look back on that and say, "Really? Games on a cell phone is hard for you to believe?"

That is probably the dumbest thing one of my teachers ever said.

And my mom once told me that adults don't use words they don't know the meaning of. I have since found out that that is not true.

I fuckin' loved Snake as a kid. Still do, shame my phone doesn't have it.

[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.

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

Even then it only brings the total count up to nine... eight if you only count the ones people give a shit about.

[Natapoc]

I wonder how I would get sent to a principal if I'm out of school.

I'm sure you'll go far in life.[/quote]

Why is it that the self proclaimed (we have no idea if you really are a teacher or not) teachers on this forum seem to need to resort to ad hominems rather then address arguments so often?

[Wiztopia]

Why is it that the self proclaimed (we have no idea if you really are a teacher or not) teachers on this forum seem to need to resort to ad hominems rather then address arguments so often?

It's because they are morons who think that being out of school means being a drop out.

[Saint Jade IV]

Why is it that the self proclaimed (we have no idea if you really are a teacher or not) teachers on this forum seem to need to resort to ad hominems rather then address arguments so often?

It's because they are morons who think that being out of school means being a drop out.

Nice flaming there. It really demonstrates your debate skills that you have to resort to flaming to make a point.

Maybe you should have listened to your teachers a little more in those English classes?

[Natapoc]

Why is it that the self proclaimed (we have no idea if you really are a teacher or not) teachers on this forum seem to need to resort to ad hominems rather then address arguments so often?

It's because they are morons who think that being out of school means being a drop out.

Nice flaming there. It really demonstrates your debate skills that you have to resort to flaming to make a point.

Maybe you should have listened to your teachers a little more in those English classes?

It was perhaps not the best way to phrase it considering the forum he is on but it is a fairly understandable response to what could easily be considered flame bait by the other poster.

[Saint Jade IV]

Why is it that the self proclaimed (we have no idea if you really are a teacher or not) teachers on this forum seem to need to resort to ad hominems rather then address arguments so often?

It's because they are morons who think that being out of school means being a drop out.

Nice flaming there. It really demonstrates your debate skills that you have to resort to flaming to make a point.

Maybe you should have listened to your teachers a little more in those English classes?

It was perhaps not the best way to phrase it considering the forum he is on but it is a fairly understandable response to what could easily be considered flame bait by the other poster.

Perhaps its because I am a mature, reasonable adult, but I stopped thinking that "moron" was an understandable response when I was 12. In fact, I don't think I ever thought it was. But then, I was raised to understand how the real world works.

And I don't think it was flamebait. It was merely a statement reflecting the views of the poster that people who drop out of school don't generally go very far. Naturally there are exceptions to this rule, as to any other, but on the whole its the truth.

[Natapoc]

Why is it that the self proclaimed (we have no idea if you really are a teacher or not) teachers on this forum seem to need to resort to ad hominems rather then address arguments so often?

It's because they are morons who think that being out of school means being a drop out.

Nice flaming there. It really demonstrates your debate skills that you have to resort to flaming to make a point.

Maybe you should have listened to your teachers a little more in those English classes?

It was perhaps not the best way to phrase it considering the forum he is on but it is a fairly understandable response to what could easily be considered flame bait by the other poster.

Perhaps its because I am a mature, reasonable adult, but I stopped thinking that "moron" was an understandable response when I was 12. In fact, I don't think I ever thought it was. But then, I was raised to understand how the real world works.

And I don't think it was flamebait. It was merely a statement reflecting the views of the poster that people who drop out of school don't generally go very far. Naturally there are exceptions to this rule, as to any other, but on the whole its the truth.

See this is what I mean by it is understandable.

A poor choice of words perhaps for a polite debate but his opposition seems to be unable to grasp that he did not claim to be a dropout. Simply that he was out of school. Which could very well mean that he graduated as per usual course and is now the CEO of a successful company or perhaps even a teacher himself.

From my perspective it seems you are assuming quite a bit about the people who disagree with you.

[Saint Jade IV]

Why is it that the self proclaimed (we have no idea if you really are a teacher or not) teachers on this forum seem to need to resort to ad hominems rather then address arguments so often?

It's because they are morons who think that being out of school means being a drop out.

Nice flaming there. It really demonstrates your debate skills that you have to resort to flaming to make a point.

Maybe you should have listened to your teachers a little more in those English classes?

It was perhaps not the best way to phrase it considering the forum he is on but it is a fairly understandable response to what could easily be considered flame bait by the other poster.

Perhaps its because I am a mature, reasonable adult, but I stopped thinking that "moron" was an understandable response when I was 12. In fact, I don't think I ever thought it was. But then, I was raised to understand how the real world works.

And I don't think it was flamebait. It was merely a statement reflecting the views of the poster that people who drop out of school don't generally go very far. Naturally there are exceptions to this rule, as to any other, but on the whole its the truth.

See this is what I mean by it is understandable.

A poor choice of words perhaps for a polite debate but his opposition seems to be unable to grasp that he did not claim to be a dropout. Simply that he was out of school. Which could very well mean that he graduated as per usual course and is now the CEO of a successful company or perhaps even a teacher himself.

From my perspective it seems you are assuming quite a bit about the people who disagree with you.

I doubt most people who are successful in life view the word moron as an appropriate word to refer to a person or group of people full stop. I imagine that they have more maturity.

[2nd PLT]

I just want to pint out for a second that more success does NOT mean more maturity.

[Western cuba]

I just want to pint out for a second that more success does NOT mean more maturity.

One history teacher told me that the dome of the rock was jewish temple and was built by Soloman even though its an islamic shrine.

[Natapoc]

I just want to pint out for a second that more success does NOT mean more maturity.

One history teacher told me that the dome of the rock was jewish temple and was built by Soloman even though its an islamic shrine.

I wonder if he intended to say that it was built on top of the temple (or the former site of the temple)?

[2nd PLT]

I just want to point out for a second that more success does NOT mean more maturity.

Maybe I should've made it more clear that this was NOT one of the stupid things a teacher has told me.

[Western cuba]

I just want to pint out for a second that more success does NOT mean more maturity.

One history teacher told me that the dome of the rock was jewish temple and was built by Soloman even though its an islamic shrine.

I wonder if he intended to say that it was built on top of the temple (or the former site of the temple)?

It was a she also i said that to her she then got mad at me correcting her and said i got a detention for my foolishness of such a thing.

[Natapoc]

Why is it that the self proclaimed (we have no idea if you really are a teacher or not) teachers on this forum seem to need to resort to ad hominems rather then address arguments so often?

It's because they are morons who think that being out of school means being a drop out.

Nice flaming there. It really demonstrates your debate skills that you have to resort to flaming to make a point.

Maybe you should have listened to your teachers a little more in those English classes?

It was perhaps not the best way to phrase it considering the forum he is on but it is a fairly understandable response to what could easily be considered flame bait by the other poster.

Perhaps its because I am a mature, reasonable adult, but I stopped thinking that "moron" was an understandable response when I was 12. In fact, I don't think I ever thought it was. But then, I was raised to understand how the real world works.

And I don't think it was flamebait. It was merely a statement reflecting the views of the poster that people who drop out of school don't generally go very far. Naturally there are exceptions to this rule, as to any other, but on the whole its the truth.

See this is what I mean by it is understandable.

A poor choice of words perhaps for a polite debate but his opposition seems to be unable to grasp that he did not claim to be a dropout. Simply that he was out of school. Which could very well mean that he graduated as per usual course and is now the CEO of a successful company or perhaps even a teacher himself.

From my perspective it seems you are assuming quite a bit about the people who disagree with you.

I doubt most people who are successful in life view the word moron as an appropriate word to refer to a person or group of people full stop. I imagine that they have more maturity.

While I personally would not choose to use that type of language I find your claim interesting given that you have used the term "moron" to describe a person on this very forum in the past:

viewtopic.php?p=572987#p572987

Humerous only because of what you said above of course.

[Saint Jade IV]

Why is it that the self proclaimed (we have no idea if you really are a teacher or not) teachers on this forum seem to need to resort to ad hominems rather then address arguments so often?

It's because they are morons who think that being out of school means being a drop out.

Nice flaming there. It really demonstrates your debate skills that you have to resort to flaming to make a point.

Maybe you should have listened to your teachers a little more in those English classes?

It was perhaps not the best way to phrase it considering the forum he is on but it is a fairly understandable response to what could easily be considered flame bait by the other poster.

Perhaps its because I am a mature, reasonable adult, but I stopped thinking that "moron" was an understandable response when I was 12. In fact, I don't think I ever thought it was. But then, I was raised to understand how the real world works.

And I don't think it was flamebait. It was merely a statement reflecting the views of the poster that people who drop out of school don't generally go very far. Naturally there are exceptions to this rule, as to any other, but on the whole its the truth.

See this is what I mean by it is understandable.

A poor choice of words perhaps for a polite debate but his opposition seems to be unable to grasp that he did not claim to be a dropout. Simply that he was out of school. Which could very well mean that he graduated as per usual course and is now the CEO of a successful company or perhaps even a teacher himself.

From my perspective it seems you are assuming quite a bit about the people who disagree with you.

I doubt most people who are successful in life view the word moron as an appropriate word to refer to a person or group of people full stop. I imagine that they have more maturity.

While I personally would not choose to use that type of language I find your claim interesting given that you have used the term "moron" to describe a person on this very forum in the past:

viewtopic.php?p=572987#p572987

Humerous only because of what you said above of course.

Reread the post. I wasn't referring to a specific poster or group of posters on this forum. I was referring to a generic personality type. The individual in question (who I'm quite sure is able to defend himself) was referring to specific posters. Myself, Ryadn, Dazchan and the other teachers on this forum who happen to disagree with him.