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[–] WhiteTigerScream 3 points 26 points (+29|-3) ago  (edited ago)

Something similar happened to me in 3rd grade, but it was the distinction between bees and wasps. I think we were reading Little House on the Prairie or something. The teacher insisted that bees and wasps are the same thing, or that bees are a kind of wasp, or something. I insisted they were completely different. Finally, she begrudgingly said 'okay, everybody pull out your dictionaries and we'll look it up". She was, of course, wrong, and proved herself wrong in front of the entire class.

She then proceeded to try and convince the school and my parents that I was literally retarded and needed to be put in a special class, and treated me like dirt. I became depressed, hated school, and basically became an elementary school dropout. My parents took me to a different school where I got a teacher that was actually smarter than me, and I did great, started taking college classes in middle school, and now have a master's degree.

Fuck that teacher.

EDIT: Also fuck everyone claiming I made this story up because I needed some sweet, sweet upvotes. Just to prove how wrong and stupid you are, I looked up the exact passage. Page 207 of Little House in the Big Woods,, (page 219 of the PDF) the first book of the Little House on the Prarie series. Yellow Jackets are referred to as bees, which prompted my little 7 year old hand to raise and point out that Yellow Jackets are wasps, not bees, which led to an argument, which led to a teacher being a bitch.

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[–] Konran 1 point 9 points (+10|-1) ago 

When teachers are dumber than dirt we've got a problem.

When teachers who are dumber than dirt get all butthurt because they're shown to be as dumb as dirt, then we've got an even bigger problem.

This is when stupidity turns to malice.

Persuasive evidence for choosing the home-schooling route.

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

My mom got into a fight with a teacher on how to properly spell apple. My 6 year old brothers spelt it properly but the teacher insisted it was "aple"

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[–] o_V_o 5 points -2 points (+3|-5) ago 

The teacher insisted that bees and wasps are the same thing, or that bees are a kind of wasp, or something.

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I don't remember any specifics, but look at all these other details that just happen to make me seem super smart.

Please.

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

Go fuck yourself. I can't imagine how stupid you must be to think that knowing that a wasp and a bee aren't the same thing makes someone super smart.

I guess I should have a doctorate for being able to tie my shoes.

BTW, a quick google search makes it appear to be chapter 11 of "Little House in the Big Woods". The passage that sparked the debate:

"The yellow jackets lived in a nest in the ground and Charley stepped on it by mistake. Then all the little bees in their bright yellow jackets came swarming out with their red- hot stings, and they hurt Charley so that he couldn't get away."

Sorry a 20 year old traumatic memory when I was 7 wasn't specific enough for you.

Please.

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[–] WhiteTigerScream 1 point 3 points (+4|-1) ago  (edited ago)

Yeah, it's totally impossible. Glad someone like you who knows not only everything about education, but about my personal life experiences could clear that up for everyone. Never in the history of mankind has anyone taken college classes in middle school. https://edsource.org/2016/college-classes-for-middle-school-students-its-happening-in-hayward/93885

Go fuck yourself and burn your keyboard you idiotic sack of shit.

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

Who the fuck writes on a typewriter?

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