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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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[–] 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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[–] 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.