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~~Cuthbert~~ · 01-31-2018, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

i remember a girl in grade 11 or 12 global history asking what hitler’s last name was

The Germany thing just makes me think the person was putting it on tbh. Pretending to be dumb for the sake of it.

I can understand some of the stuff posted, like Easter Island (maybe not a teacher but the average person yeah) and that.

But not Germany.

Or Hitler.

How does an adult not know stuff like that?

~~MicShazam~~ · 01-31-2018, 10:39 AM

I once met a person who hadn't ever heard about native indians. Cowboys, indians, feathers in their hair, tomahawk axes, buffaloes, etc... Native indians didn't ring any bells to this person. This guy must have never watched any movies or read any comics as a kid. Maybe he spent his formative years staring into a brick wall.

OccultHawk · 01-31-2018, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by grindy

I already have a new and much better paid job.

Working really ****s up not working but congrats

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 01-31-2018, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I took an astronomy class in college where, in the last class, when the professor was recapping the whole semester, a woman raised her hand and asked, in complete seriousness, "So… the Sun is a star?"

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

The Germany thing just makes me think the person was putting it on tbh. Pretending to be dumb for the sake of it.

I can understand some of the stuff posted, like Easter Island (maybe not a teacher but the average person yeah) and that.

But not Germany.

Or Hitler.

How does an adult not know stuff like that?

do we have a thread dedicated to interactions with stupid people yet? and if not why? i love this ****.

OccultHawk · 01-31-2018, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

The Germany thing just makes me think the person was putting it on tbh. Pretending to be dumb for the sake of it.

I can understand some of the stuff posted, like Easter Island (maybe not a teacher but the average person yeah) and that.

But not Germany.

Or Hitler.

How does an adult not know stuff like that?

It is like that.

Trollheart · 01-31-2018, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

do we have a thread dedicated to interactions with stupid people yet? and if not why? i love this ****.

You know what you have to do.

Trollheart · 01-31-2018, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I took an astronomy class in college where, in the last class, when the professor was recapping the whole semester, a woman raised her hand and asked, in complete seriousness, "So… the Sun is a star?"

I would have said to her "Well, not yet. But it has the raw talent, so if it applies itself, works really hard and takes the proper advice from the right people, yeah, the sun could become a real star."

Plankton · 01-31-2018, 11:16 AM

Que the Barbara Streisand.

The Batlord · 01-31-2018, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

I'd have to ask then how teachers get their jobs? Are there not any kind of conditions, any exams they have to pass? This is ridiculous; these are the people training the minds of those who may end up running the country at some stage? When I went to hedge school, at least the wizards and monks all knew their stuff. It's disgraceful to say that teachers - surely, in terms of knowledge, the most relied (or expected to be able to be relied) upon other than doctors and lawyers - are so badly trained and so ill-informed. Batty, your story about the Lieutenant is a glaring example, and exactly as you say: even if you don't know the name, how could someone with so low a rank be a supreme commander? It's not like they were like that guy in World War II, Sergeant Montgomery.

These are teacher salaries in America by state (convert from dollars obviously). This is why nobody with half a brain wants to waste their mountain of student debt teaching to kids who don't care.

Teacher Salaries By State | Average Salaries For Teachers | Beginning Salaries For Teachers | Teacher Raises | TeacherPortal.com

OccultHawk · 01-31-2018, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

These are teacher salaries in America by state (convert from dollars obviously). This is why nobody with half a brain wants to waste their mountain of student debt teaching to kids who don't care.

Teacher Salaries By State | Average Salaries For Teachers | Beginning Salaries For Teachers | Teacher Raises | TeacherPortal.com

This is anectdotal but I don’t think salary or workload actually drives many people from the profession. It’s the absolutely psychologically torturous conditions inside the classrooms that’s the killer. “Stay in School” and “Dropout Prevention” go pretty much unquestioned. But it only takes about a month before every teacher realizes that about 5% of the kids make everyone else completely miserable. When it turns out this 5% is black they’re not getting in trouble for bullying and disruption, oh no, it’s racism. Yep, it turns out that thousands of teachers have intentionally ruined their own lives to write discipline reports on one in twenty black kids. All through college these future teachers were plotting it. When I get in the classroom one out of every twenty black kids is going down.

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~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	I once met a person who hadn't ever heard about native indians. Cowboys, indians, feathers in their hair, tomahawk axes, buffaloes, etc... Native indians didn't ring any bells to this person. This guy must have never watched any movies or read any comics as a kid. Maybe he spent his formative years staring into a brick wall.