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[–] [email protected] 52 points 9 months ago (6 children)

My earth science teacher denied plasmas are a thing when I mentioned it

This was 8th grade

I Immediately lost all respect for her and if present day me were around for it I'd have taken her idiocy to the union rep to recommend she prove she actually has the education she claims to have had.

[–] illectrility 38 points 9 months ago (2 children)

There is a point in everyone's education where they realize that their teachers are actually just adults, who are just old children, that went to school a couple years longer than you.

Mad respect to teachers though. I specifically remember my computer science teacher to be the coolest and most knowledgeable guy ever.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

There are a lot of great, brilliant, committed and dedicated teachers.. but also, unfortunately, some pretty bad ones too

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

A couple years longer, but also, a long time ago and were taught from books from even earlier.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago

plasma is a kind of rifle not a state of matter, go play fallout DUH

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My 6th grade science teacher tried to explain that Chernobyl was foretold in the book of revelations.

This was a US public school. In the 90s. In a blue state.

[–] VirtualOdour 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My history teacher taught us conspiracy theories and Vietnam War movie quotes. On jfk we spent two whole lessons on umbrella man, lessons on box cart hobos, missing frames of the z film, back and to the left...

Decent state school in the UK in the 90s. Kinda reassuring the world was just a crazy back then

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

lessons on box cart hobos

Assuming this means life advice for living free on the land and not being murdered, raped, or robbed, then excellent.

[–] VirtualOdour 1 points 9 months ago

Ha I wish, after the shooting police arrested several hobos from the train yard behind the grassy knoll, years later people said they were the same people that burgled Watergate and probably Cia agents. I think the best evidence for that is that they look a bit like them kinda, obvious proof the Cia killed Kennedy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Everyone know plasma is only in space science, duh

[–] loudambiance 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My daughter had a science assignment from her second grade teacher to record and draw the moon every night for two weeks. I emailed the teacher and asked if it was sufficient to use a moon phase tracking website. She responded saying that, as the assignment states, the children needed to observe the moon directly. When I responded back asking if she really intended the children to stay up late enough, or get up super early due to the shifting times of moonrise and moonset she lost it, telling me the moon should always be visible before the kids bedtime. Ignoring weather, what lunacy...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

RESPECT MAH AUTHORITAH!

[–] [email protected] -3 points 9 months ago

Actually, my 5th grade teacher told us to draw a 1 2 3 triangle.

Sheepkids were all drawing skinny triangles