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[–] 8822303? ago 

This was me in school

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

Who the fuck writes on a typewriter?

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

"I'm wrong and can't accept it, and it's your kids fault."

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

... And also teach them Hanlon's razor:

Never attribute to malice* that which is adequately explained by stupidity

E.g., "you're lying to the class"

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