Dumbest Things Heard In School

[Darth Pope]

K through post grad school, bring your stories of stupidity in educational facilities here.

The things I heard in my time in school simply blows my mind. Some of my personal jems are:

"There's no such thing as a 2$ bill!" (I actually got into an argument over this one.)

"What's World War II?" (The same girl had to later be told who the current president was.)

"What's so bad about communism?"

*Epic face palm*

Edit: I'd like to thank everyone who has posted on this thread.

Most of the time my threads are either moderately successful of epic fails that get eight replies, but this little gem has gotten me my On Fire badge.

Edit 2: Jesus on a pogo stick, I leave for a few days, come back, and this topic has over 500 posts. Thanks all.

 

[Hazy]

"Wait, what's that one name of the country.. oh yeah, America!"
No joke. I heard this today in my AP Human Geography class.
Want to know the saddest part? We're a college level class >_>

 

[monster at a party]

A girl in my class today asked if Napoleon was a midget.
When asked, she said that he lived in Spain, and that he had a high voice.
Not the funniest, but it's good to know even idiots play Resident Evil 4.

 

[Avatar Roku]

"Video games aren't for having fun!" He then went on a short rant about how it's all about getting points, be they achievement points or XP.

 

[Emphraim]

During Art class: "Can someone give me yellow-red?"

"You mean orange?"

"Yeah, that.."

Freshman highschool year was funny.

 

[Hazy]

A girl in my class today asked if Napoleon was a midget.
When asked, she said that he lived in Spain, and that he had a high voice.

Didn't he have that whole "midget" thing thrust upon him by lieu of being badmouthed by his enemies?
I recall reading something that was roughly of that nature.

Edit: Nevermind, found the facts.

 

[TheLastCylon]

Today in Civics.


Question: How would you solve in illegal immigration problem?


Kid in class: Bomb Mexico.

 

[Zetona]

Nothing sticks out in my mind, which shows that MY SCHOOL IS BETTER THAN ALL OF YOURS.

...I am lucky to be at a very good public school with excellent teachers and high standards.

 

[theultimateend]

During Philosophy.

"I believe that only bad people have bad things happen to them. Because God would never hurt anyone good."

Of course the first question was if she felt that millions of Jews were evil people. She said "Obviously if bad things happened to them."

Yeah. People wonder why I get a bit uppity about blind faith.

"Wait, what's that one name of the country.. oh yeah, America!"
No joke. I heard this today in my AP Human Geography class.
Want to know the saddest part? We're a college level class >_>

As far as I'm aware all AP classes are college level classes. But yeah. I heard similar stuff in AP.

One of my favorites was during AP Government. "What is the second amendment?" "Though Shalt Not Kill."

I think I shit a little when that was the response by a good third of the class. I don't really remember because the sheer stupid caused me to black out cognitively.

 

[Alpha Centauri]

Teacher: So Equality went into the uncharted forest, and Liberty followed. *Few minutes pass* So where did equality go again to see if you guys are paying attention? Jason.

Jason: The *pauses to think for a long time* enchanted forest

 

[Anacortian]

Art History in College.

Prof: ...plagiarism is bad...don't plagiarize....
Student: Can we paraphrase? If so, how do we site it?
Prof: If you wish report an extended quote by separating it out of the main body of a paragraph and indenting both sides, that would be helpful when reading you papers. You would site it normally.

I dropped the class that day.

By the way, the above is an example of paraphrasing.

 

[Hazy]

Today in Civics.


Question: How would you solve in illegal immigration problem?


Kid in class: Bomb Mexico.

Nothing against Americans here (I myself being one) but it seems like the majority of schoolkids here use "Bomb the holy shit out of them!" as the #1 answer to all of the issues facing the world. Whether they are kidding, or not, I shall never know.

Just an observation.

 

[APPCRASH]

Today in Civics.


Question: How would you solve in illegal immigration problem?


Kid in class: Bomb Mexico.

He obviously was being serious. There is no way he could have been joking around.

Sarcasm aside, someone asked the instructor what to do in case of a fire. It was worth the scolding after class when I told them to "Get the fuck out."

 

[monster at a party]

Maybe. But I think she actually meant he was a midget, and not just short.
Edit: Urg. Forgot to quote. But I am too lazy.

 

[TheFacelessOne]

Hmm...I need to think about that..



Geography:

"Where's Russia?"

 

[theultimateend]

Art History in College.

Prof: ...plagiarism is bad...don't plagiarize....
Student: Can we paraphrase? If so, how do we site it?
Prof: If you wish report an extended quote by separating it out of the main body of a paragraph and indenting both sides, that would be helpful when reading you papers. You would site it normally.

I dropped the class that day.

By the way, the above is an example of paraphrasing.

Cite <---

Feel free to plagiarize a dictionary .

Hmm...I need to think about that..



Geography:

"Where's Russia?"

Wasn't Bush not able to locate 5 random US states presented to him? I seem to recall something of that nature transpiring.

I know the average person apparently can't name all 50 states. Which is kind of a shocker to me. I admit some are process of elimination but it seems like a simple thing to remember.

 

[Zetona]

Today in Civics.


Question: How would you solve in illegal immigration problem?


Kid in class: Bomb Mexico.

Nothing against Americans here (I myself being one) but it seems like the majority of schoolkids here use "Bomb the holy shit out of them!" as the #1 answer to all of the issues facing the world.

Just an observation.

The question is, are they trying to be ironic/funny? If so, then it's excusable; if not, then we have a serious problem.

It's vaguely like the Internet's use of the word "awesome". I see it as having taken on an ironic meaning.

 

[Banana Phone]

The one I find the saddest is when people can't find Iraq on a map.

 

[Beeple]

"Because God would never hurt anyone good"

Day-umn. For the supposed saviour of the human race Jesus must have been one bad guy to get crucified.
Is flipping tables really that bad in God's eyes?

Religion: Contradiction is fun.

 

[TheFacelessOne]

Today in Civics.


Question: How would you solve in illegal immigration problem?


Kid in class: Bomb Mexico.

Nothing against Americans here (I myself being one) but it seems like the majority of schoolkids here use "Bomb the holy shit out of them!" as the #1 answer to all of the issues facing the world.

Just an observation.

Well, duh! Forgive and forget, man!

It seems to be working so far!



But I've made the same observation too.

You can't really blame them. It would be effective, I mean, it would cause an international incident but...