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    Everything Wrong with the Education System, Summed Up in a Detention Letter

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    • thanksajdotcom
      thanksajdotcom last edited by

      This pretty much sums up everything wrong with the education system in one letter from this teacher. Yup...pretty much...

      http://0.media.collegehumor.cvcdn.com/37/68/1d1913087769c1e7768a50690e326b37.jpg

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      • thanksajdotcom
        thanksajdotcom last edited by

        and this...
        http://0.media.collegehumor.cvcdn.com/56/66/c78ad1aa81abbdabe451c3133a715b35.jpg

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        • thanksajdotcom
          thanksajdotcom last edited by

          All c/o here: http://www.collegehumor.com/post/6749774/best-detention-notes

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          • scottalanmiller
            scottalanmiller last edited by

            Likely a fake. It's been around for a long time. No teacher would write the last bit.

            http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/hilliker.asp

            Although this was a lot like what school was like for me. I had a teacher insist that the moon did not rotate for example. And another teacher who accepted that the "day change" happened at 1am rather than at midnight because a prominent family in the school thought that and their kids would say it. So rather than be an adult, the teacher, probably actually unsure of when the time did actually change, just demanded that everyone agree that it changed at 1am.

            It was lessons like this that made me realize that being in a position of authority did not warrant respect. Anyone demanding respect that they couldn't earn was an imbecile.

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            • thanksajdotcom
              thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller last edited by

              @scottalanmiller said:

              Likely a fake. It's been around for a long time. No teacher would write the last bit.

              http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/hilliker.asp

              Although this was a lot like what school was like for me. I had a teacher insist that the moon did not rotate for example. And another teacher who accepted that the "day change" happened at 1am rather than at midnight because a prominent family in the school thought that and their kids would say it. So rather than be an adult, the teacher, probably actually unsure of when the time did actually change, just demanded that everyone agree that it changed at 1am.

              It was lessons like this that made me realize that being in a position of authority did not warrant respect. Anyone demanding respect that they couldn't earn was an imbecile.

              Even if it is fake, that kind of situation has happened countless times before...

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              • Dashrender
                Dashrender @scottalanmiller last edited by

                @scottalanmiller said:

                Although this was a lot like what school was like for me. I had a teacher insist that the moon did not rotate for example.

                I didn't know that, I didn't take a science class that specifically covered this. Interesting - I also thought the 'dark side of the moon' wasn't real (and yeah I know it really isn't) but also didn't realize that the far side of the moon is never exposed to the earth. Thanks

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                • scottalanmiller
                  scottalanmiller @Dashrender last edited by

                  @Dashrender said:

                  I didn't know that, I didn't take a science class that specifically covered this. Interesting - I also thought the 'dark side of the moon' wasn't real (and yeah I know it really isn't) but also didn't realize that the far side of the moon is never exposed to the earth. Thanks

                  This was covered all through elementary science for me. It was seventh grade when the teacher decided that all science knowledge was wrong and that she knew better. She actually said to ignore all books because she knew from watching it that the moon didn't rotate.

                  I did a big demonstration in class to show her that her observations actually proved that it did rotate and that she didn't understand what rotation was.

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                  • thanksajdotcom
                    thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller last edited by

                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    @Dashrender said:

                    I didn't know that, I didn't take a science class that specifically covered this. Interesting - I also thought the 'dark side of the moon' wasn't real (and yeah I know it really isn't) but also didn't realize that the far side of the moon is never exposed to the earth. Thanks

                    This was covered all through elementary science for me. It was seventh grade when the teacher decided that all science knowledge was wrong and that she knew better. She actually said to ignore all books because she knew from watching it that the moon didn't rotate.

                    I did a big demonstration in class to show her that her observations actually proved that it did rotate and that she didn't understand what rotation was.

                    Wow...

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                    • milnesy
                      milnesy @scottalanmiller last edited by

                      @scottalanmiller said:

                      @Dashrender said:

                      I didn't know that, I didn't take a science class that specifically covered this. Interesting - I also thought the 'dark side of the moon' wasn't real (and yeah I know it really isn't) but also didn't realize that the far side of the moon is never exposed to the earth. Thanks

                      This was covered all through elementary science for me. It was seventh grade when the teacher decided that all science knowledge was wrong and that she knew better. She actually said to ignore all books because she knew from watching it that the moon didn't rotate.

                      I did a big demonstration in class to show her that her observations actually proved that it did rotate and that she didn't understand what rotation was.

                      Someone got detenion that day...

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                        Carnival Boy @Dashrender last edited by

                        @Dashrender said:

                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        Although this was a lot like what school was like for me. I had a teacher insist that the moon did not rotate for example.

                        I didn't know that, I didn't take a science class that specifically covered this. Interesting - I also thought the 'dark side of the moon' wasn't real (and yeah I know it really isn't) but also didn't realize that the far side of the moon is never exposed to the earth. Thanks

                        It is made of cheese though, right? I mean surely my teacher wasn't wrong on that point.

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                        • Dashrender
                          Dashrender @Carnival Boy last edited by

                          @Carnival-Boy said:

                          @Dashrender said:

                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          Although this was a lot like what school was like for me. I had a teacher insist that the moon did not rotate for example.

                          I didn't know that, I didn't take a science class that specifically covered this. Interesting - I also thought the 'dark side of the moon' wasn't real (and yeah I know it really isn't) but also didn't realize that the far side of the moon is never exposed to the earth. Thanks

                          It is made of cheese though, right? I mean surely my teacher wasn't wrong on that point.

                          Or Mighty Mouse!

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                          • thanksajdotcom
                            thanksajdotcom @Carnival Boy last edited by

                            @Carnival-Boy said:

                            @Dashrender said:

                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            Although this was a lot like what school was like for me. I had a teacher insist that the moon did not rotate for example.

                            I didn't know that, I didn't take a science class that specifically covered this. Interesting - I also thought the 'dark side of the moon' wasn't real (and yeah I know it really isn't) but also didn't realize that the far side of the moon is never exposed to the earth. Thanks

                            It is made of cheese though, right? I mean surely my teacher wasn't wrong on that point.

                            No, that is fact. Wallace and Gromit proved that.

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                            • scottalanmiller
                              scottalanmiller @thanksajdotcom last edited by

                              @thanksaj said:

                              No, that is fact. Wallace and Gromit proved that.

                              Never imagined that you would be a Wallace & Gromit fan. That's from before your time.

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                              • thanksajdotcom
                                thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                @scottalanmiller said:

                                @thanksaj said:

                                No, that is fact. Wallace and Gromit proved that.

                                Never imagined that you would be a Wallace & Gromit fan. That's from before your time.

                                You kidding me? I love them! Watched them as much as I could growing up!

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                                • scottalanmiller
                                  scottalanmiller last edited by

                                  My kids watch Shaun the Sheep and Timmy Time. Same animation from the same team.

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                                  • thanksajdotcom
                                    thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    My kids watch Shaun the Sheep and Timmy Time. Same animation from the same team.

                                    Never heard of either, but cool!

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                                    • scottalanmiller
                                      scottalanmiller last edited by

                                      They are both spin offs really. Shaun appears in one of the W&G episodes then got his own show. Then Timmy Time spun off from that. Each one is meant for a younger and younger audience.

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                                        thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                        @scottalanmiller said:

                                        They are both spin offs really. Shaun appears in one of the W&G episodes then got his own show. Then Timmy Time spun off from that. Each one is meant for a younger and younger audience.

                                        Hmm...claymation is kind of a dead art...you don't see it too much anymore...

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                                        • thanksajdotcom
                                          thanksajdotcom last edited by

                                          Sadly...

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                                          • scottalanmiller
                                            scottalanmiller last edited by

                                            I was a fan of their work before they made Wallace & Gromit. They used to make shorts about animals being interviewed at the zoo.

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