WRONG things the teacher in my pre-prac classroom taught the kids while i was there

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* Martin Luther King led the Million Man March

* Martin Luther King was killed by James Earl Gray. when one of the kids said "no, it was Ray" she told him he was wrong and instructed everyone to remember it "Gray, like the color"

i was biting my fist to stop from saying something because it's very, very far from my place and i didn't want to sound fussy but in like five years one of those kids is going to refer to "James Earl Gray" and keep insisting "No, I'm right, it's like the color" and look reealllllly stupid.

 

[Firedwarf]

You should print this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Ray) and leave it on her desk anonymously.

 

[minxnim]

see why i quit that job?

 

[FrostGiant]

One of my favorite musicians was Gray Charles.

 

[lizard]

!!!!!!!!!! that's absolutely appalling. really.

 

[FrostGiant]

Sugar Gray Leonard was a good boxer.

 

[lizard]

California recalled Governor Ray Davis.

 

[FrostGiant]

My favorite character in LOTR was Gandalf the Ray.

 

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* the Red Sox/Yankees game on Tuesday night was both entertaining and important

 

[FalseTodd]

 

[xfer]

domestic tearrorism.

 

[mindspell]

Jesus, this is not even my country and I know these things...

 

[xfer]

the teacher's really nice so i don't want to make this a "how stupid!" thread but i'm pretty appalled.

 

[mindspell]

As you should be. Nice and dumb are things that can be combined quite easily...

 

[xfer]

back in the day, "nice" used to mean something like "foolish" instead of the modern meaning. ah, the old days.

 

[minxnim]

unfortunately a lot of the education EDUCATION is more about methods than the actual knowledge passed on which, to me, is really kind of insane.

 

[xfer]

being at the cusp of a master's, i think that's oh so true.

i've NEVER taken a SHAKESPEARE class!!!!!

 

[minxnim]

it was weird having more science knowledge and winning the best teacher award after having no education experience or training and having coworkers with 10+ years teaching experience.

 

[goatschool]

i guess there was some solace in @ least getting the hint that the kids knew enough to spot through bullshit, though...

 

[xfer]

um yeah they had that shit TAUGHT out of them though! which of them is ever going to trust a teacher again once they find out!