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[–] JustFeelsGoodMan 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago  (edited ago)

Hell, in the 10th grade I had a science teacher telling the whole class that accurate meant right on target, and precise meant just a little off target. The teacher had the whole class tell her she was a moron, poor US southern schools, not even once....

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[–] goatboy 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

The mother is a fool for sending her kid to public school.

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[–] goatboy ago 

Or homeschool...

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[–] BistroPalin 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

So this is probably fake, but it's not been conclusively disproven.

Snopes is a crap site, but their analysis covers the basics: http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/hilliker.asp

The most interesting problem is that it uses smart quotes, there's a left double quote and a right double quote. This would be fairly unusual to see in a typewritten letter from 1994. It's also come up that no one can find any reference to a teacher with that name from that time period, but I don't think that is particularly conclusive since there's no central national repository of all teachers names from 1994.

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[–] Nadeshda 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

The idea of it, makes a strong point. Too many times we have been taught the best path to take is the one with the least resistance. Often this is not the case at all. We all just need a healthy dose of discernment.

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[–] SecularPenguinist 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

I went to a Catholic elementary school and was made to go sit out in the hall because I defied a nun who insisted that dinosaurs and humans lived side by side. I was quite the dinosaur enthusiast as a kid and knew what I was talking about. This led to an important shift in my thinking that authority figures aren't infallible. So for that I thank you sister.

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[–] SecularPenguinist ago 

The fossil evidence does not support your assertion. Prior to scientific inquiry humans relied on myths to describe their world, we simply did not have the tools necessary to reach informed conclusions. As time went on our understanding of the world grew exponentially and we progressed far beyond what previous generations could have possibly imagined. Unfortunately we still lack a complete picture and the less critically minded among us find more comfort in mythology than evidence.

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[–] WhiteTigerScream ago 

I mean, good on you for having a differing viewpoint, but do you have anything to back that theory up? Most of the evidence points to the contrary, do you have a rationale for why that is? I'd be interested to hear it. (not sarcasm, I'm big on cryptids and such things).

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[–] altreptiles 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

This does seem a little unlikely, but I have had a teacher tell me before that ancient romans thought that tomatoes were evil. Which is complete bullshit because tomatoes are from the americas. I totally believe that out in the boons somewhere this could happen.

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[–] slevin_kelevra 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Mr. Hilliker is an idiot.

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[–] Dibgick 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

This happened to me too. They called my parents in and after the situation was explained they demanded the retarded teacher to be fired. Then took me for ice cream.

My father always told me I should only bend my knee before God and no other being. We are all equal and I should always question authority figures.

Today my critical and independent way of thinking is regarded as an attitude problem my father is very proud of.

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