Most Inaccurate Lessons You Were Taught in School

[LooK iTz Jinjo]

Athena was the Greek goddess of war/victory. WRONG she was the goddess of wisdom. what makes it even worse is the teacher was greek

Actually she was both (Yeah my mums Greek and taught yr12 Classics for 10 years) Athena was the Goddess of War and Victory as well as being the Goddess of Wisdom, you were both right .


As for what I got told well... That all video game violence is evil and we should not be allowed to play games at all. This was by my english teacher in a letter home to all parents of students in his class after explaining it to us and having a heated argument with about half the class.

 

[Shadowtek]

that being a nice person always pays off in the end.... yea, right.

define "nice person"

The way I was told to behave in the school I went to as a child was to be passive and turn the other cheek when ever possible. If you do this then in the end things will work out better for you. no matter what any one does to you never retaliate, they will get whats coming to them.

This extreme form of pacifism is what was taught to me from a very early age. Its a stupid school of logic.

 

[Icehearted]

Jr High. Modern American condoms were made of latex
or intestines. How friggin' romantic that must feel...

I call bullshit on the intestine condom idea. They tried to tell us about that in sex ed, but I know Tennis Racquet wires used to be made from cow intestines & that they'd fall apart if they got wet...

That would be because the strings are treated to a very special chemical cocktail that degrades in water.

Condoms were originally made from sheep intestines - and they still are.

For those who are allergic to latex, they make condoms from intestines to cover the latex intolerant.

I had a lot... Can't remember any off the top of my head, though.

Wait, so that wasn't inaccurate?! I've never typed "omfg" but OMFG! Prevent pregnancy by depositing male fluids (sorry mods, best I could think of at the moment) into the entrails of a dead animal?! No really, how the hell is that even remotely romantic or arousing to anyone? Hell, I'll even throw my faith in on this one and ask if this constitutes bestiality since an animal was used in the process of conducting the sexual act.

Maybe I'm looking at this wrong, but right now my mind has officially been blown.

 

[Anarchy In Detroit]

I had a teacher who said she didn't believe in evolution. Pretty much sums you up as a stupid fuck to me. This was of course while she was teaching the required evolution curriculum... only to indignantly dismiss it afterwards. Whatever, at least she taught it right.

 

[UltraParanoia]

I was taught that everyone is equal.

What a load of horseshit that turned out to be. My boobs aren't anywhere near as awesome as the ones on the wimmenfolk.

 

[captainwillies]

that being a nice person always pays off in the end.... yea, right.

define "nice person"

The way I was told to behave in the school I went to as a child was to be passive and turn the other cheek when ever possible. If you do this then in the end things will work out better for you. no matter what any one does to you never retaliate, they will get whats coming to them.

This extreme form of pacifism is what was taught to me from a very early age. Its a stupid school of logic.

True i suffered from the same lie. But i wouldn't call that a "nice person" after all even a real nice person has its limits. That lie they use to keep us controlled unfortunately it only holds us back from real personal development which is ironic seeing as the reason we are sent to school is to become developed. It's pretty sad really.

 

[Thaius]

Let's just say this: revisionist history is the only history taught in American schools. Seriously, it's freaking ridiculous.

 

[Just Joe]

Where did you go school?
I recommend reading Lies My Teacher Told Me.

AWESOME BOOK. A few points:
-Christopher Columbus basically committed genocide.
-Helen Keller spent the latter 3/4 of her life dedicated to Communism, in an embarassingly-eager way. I don't really care too much, but still...
-Woodrow Wilson was quite a racist, and did quite a bit to suppress women's rights.

Loads more. It also examines the reasons behind the problems with American history classes and textbooks. (To vastly simplify, the writers are desparate not to offend anyone as it may hurt sales. Especially in Texas, for some reason). Seriously, you should all read it. Very American-centric, but I've spent half of my education in the Australian system--and the other half in American International schools, it's complicated--and it was still very enlightening.

I was spinning a globe during free time in second grade, looking at all the continents, when I suddenly realized that Africa and South America would fit together almost perfectly. It made me think about what my dad had said about earthquakes, so I went to my teacher and explained my theory: that once upon a time, the continents had all been together once, but earthquakes had broken them apart over time.

She said, "No, of course not," like it was ridiculous. Then she went on to say that the world had always been just the way it was, and would never change.

What the hell?

Do you know Al Gore?

 

[captainwillies]

I had a teacher who said she didn't believe in evolution. Pretty much sums you up as a stupid fuck to me. This was of course while she was teaching the required evolution curriculum... only to indignantly dismiss it afterwards. Whatever, at least she taught it right.

If she taught it the right way then there really is no problem. She can believe what she wants as long as she does her job.

 

[captainwillies]

Jr High. Modern American condoms were made of latex
or intestines. How friggin' romantic that must feel...

I call bullshit on the intestine condom idea. They tried to tell us about that in sex ed, but I know Tennis Racquet wires used to be made from cow intestines & that they'd fall apart if they got wet...

That would be because the strings are treated to a very special chemical cocktail that degrades in water.

Condoms were originally made from sheep intestines - and they still are.

For those who are allergic to latex, they make condoms from intestines to cover the latex intolerant.

I had a lot... Can't remember any off the top of my head, though.

Wait, so that wasn't inaccurate?! I've never typed "omfg" but OMFG! Prevent pregnancy by depositing male fluids (sorry mods, best I could think of at the moment) into the entrails of a dead animal?! No really, how the hell is that even remotely romantic or arousing to anyone? Hell, I'll even throw my faith in on this one and ask if this constitutes bestiality since an animal was used in the process of conducting the sexual act.

Maybe I'm looking at this wrong, but right now my mind has officially been blown.

The ancient Egyptians used baby alligator skulls as condoms I'm not surprised.

 

[BlueMage]

Most inaccurate lesson school taught me?

That's easy - "Everyone has merit and deserves a go"

 

[captainwillies]

Athena was the Greek goddess of war/victory. WRONG she was the goddess of wisdom. what makes it even worse is the teacher was greek

Actually she was both (Yeah my mums Greek and taught yr12 Classics for 10 years) Athena was the Goddess of War and Victory as well as being the Goddess of Wisdom, you were both right .

yeah. so? were did she get that info from? western history books often get things wrong. Besides Athena can't be the goddess of victory because "Nike" was the Greek goddess of victory/triumph look it up

 

[SomeLameStuff]

The young of a cow is called a lamb.

I'm serious. My Science teacher actually thought that a baby cow is called a lamb. Its called a CALF!

Guess what, when the exams came round and this question came out, everyone who put "lamb" as the answer got it wrong. And she argued with the examiners that a lamb was indeed a baby cow, even after being presented with the answers and evidence.

 

[ChronoNexus]

Let's see.. I took a class on economics several years ago... and when discussion turned to growth based economy, bad credit, and financial collapse, the instructor sincerely and emphatically denied it could happen again.

 

[Icehearted]

Jr High. Modern American condoms were made of latex
or intestines. How friggin' romantic that must feel...

I call bullshit on the intestine condom idea. They tried to tell us about that in sex ed, but I know Tennis Racquet wires used to be made from cow intestines & that they'd fall apart if they got wet...

That would be because the strings are treated to a very special chemical cocktail that degrades in water.

Condoms were originally made from sheep intestines - and they still are.

For those who are allergic to latex, they make condoms from intestines to cover the latex intolerant.

I had a lot... Can't remember any off the top of my head, though.

Wait, so that wasn't inaccurate?! I've never typed "omfg" but OMFG! Prevent pregnancy by depositing male fluids (sorry mods, best I could think of at the moment) into the entrails of a dead animal?! No really, how the hell is that even remotely romantic or arousing to anyone? Hell, I'll even throw my faith in on this one and ask if this constitutes bestiality since an animal was used in the process of conducting the sexual act.

Maybe I'm looking at this wrong, but right now my mind has officially been blown.

The ancient Egyptians used baby alligator skulls as condoms I'm not surprised.

They also use the equivalent of primitive toilets to give birth to their children. We're supposed to be an evolved people, preferably capable of safely engaging the the sexual arts without having to resort to sheathing our man-handle in the eviscerated guts of another mammal.

Rolled up sheep guts sounds more like a third-world shantytown snack than a means for safe copulation. All this time I thought Mr. S was full of it.... *shudder*

 

[Jaygee02]

I had a teacher who said she didn't believe in evolution. Pretty much sums you up as a stupid fuck to me. This was of course while she was teaching the required evolution curriculum... only to indignantly dismiss it afterwards. Whatever, at least she taught it right.

If she taught it the right way then there really is no problem. She can believe what she wants as long as she does her job.

I second that. It sucks for people who have to do/teach things they don't believe in - if she teaches it correctly then she should be allowed to believe whatever she wants afterwards. Doesn't necessarily make her stupid.

 

[Jaygee02]

Let's just say this: revisionist history is the only history taught in American schools. Seriously, it's freaking ridiculous.

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But when you're preaching at someone who is literally incapable of leaving and who is there under false pretenses, it makes me want to hurt you.
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You were there under false pretenses? I'm intrigued

 

[EliteFreq]

I once had a supply teacher for an RE(Religious Education) lesson who was trying to explain the importance of Asia, she told us that all religion comes from there and that it's the centre of the Universe. I'm not even kidding...