• SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    58 minutes ago

    My second grade teacher taught us the civil war was because of a disagreement over state’s rights.

    The same teacher marked me and a few other students down for completing a subtraction assignment using negative numbers. She explained we were supposed to be confused and write that we couldn’t do it.

    Edit: I forgot one! My third grade teacher marked me down for not knowing how much a hen weighed. It wasn’t a joke. Apparently there was a rule of thumb for estimating chicken weight. Any kids who weren’t raised on a farm missed the question.

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      2 hours ago

      I remember in 7th grade social studies (on the edge of the SF bay area in the 90s for crab godssake) we had to do a little assignment where we made up pros and cons of slavery.

      the pros i made up were absolute bullshit “uh maybe the technology was better in the states than africa so even with slavery quality of life improved? that doesn’t sound right but maybe i don’t know” racist fucking ass shit turd bull fuck assignment.

      sorry i’m like 10 years behind on my swears i got some catching up to do