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[–] Zinnsee 0 points 18 points (+18|-0) ago 

Please tell me this is satire.

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

This is satire

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

Thanks, could you tell me too?

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

Mr. Hilliker is an idiot.

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

Do you have proof it's fake?

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[–] brandon816 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Definitely over a decade old. I remember seeing this around that time. http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/hilliker.asp

There wasn't proof for or against it then either.

Sidenote, look at what else from over a decade ago is getting posted today: https://voat.co/v/news/1801043/8818674 . Hell of a coincedence.

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

fake? what? nooooooooo way..................... though it stinks of bs it still elicits an emotional response of indignation.

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[–] TeranNotTerran 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago 

I hope this is fake. But notice the US stamping? Ayn Rand was confident that the dollar sign came from the convergence of U and S. Interesting to see it like that with the full U and not the _ truncated.

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[–] wuzizname 2 points 2 points (+4|-2) ago 

I'd always believed that the $ sign came from Peso, they used to abbreviate it as PS and over time it overlapped and morphed into the current symbol.

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[–] Basharalassad 1 point 13 points (+14|-1) ago 

The dollar sign actually comes from a coin from the Holy Roman Empire called the Thaler which bore the inscription of a crucified snake.

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[–] puggy 5 points 38 points (+43|-5) ago 

Fake. No teacher would admit to being wrong about such a simple thing (even if they were).

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[–] everlastingphelps 1 point 14 points (+15|-1) ago 

I don't think you understand how fucking stupid the average teacher is now.

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[–] klobos 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

No, fake because it is signed by a male teacher. A female teacher would pull this shit, a male teacher wouldn't care that he is wrong or bother to write a letter home.

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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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[–] wuzizname 1 point 8 points (+9|-1) ago 

I find this really hard to believe, that a teacher would admit (in writing) that he doesn't know that a kilometre is a shorter distance of measurement than a mile.

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