Most Inaccurate Lessons You Were Taught in School

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[inyourface]

how about zerodivided by zero, by all logic that makes 1

[inyourface]

0/0=c
thus 0=0*c
thus 0=0
As c can be any real number 0/0 equals all real numbers.

thank you! the first person to explain it in a manner that a 13 year old boy going to a state school (admitedly a grammer school but still a state school) can understand!

Your welcome. This is why your calculator doesn't like you if you ask it to do this.

 

[Dorian6]

In grade school i was taught that the Puritans came to America to escape religious persecution, when actually, they were kicked out of Great Britain to prevent them from persecuting everyone else.

in the second grade my teacher told us "separate water fountains means shorter lines for everybody"

That evolutionary traits are affected entirely by the environment
ex.) If you keep several flies in a jar with a strip of flypaper hanging from the lid, the flies will develop shorter, wrinkled wings that aren't good for flying.

 

[Gaderael]

I was taught that an Oblong that was an egg shape.

I tried to tell them they were wrong and that they were thinking of an OVAL.
(Oblong being a rectangle.)
But they insisted that they were right and told me not to speak out of place in the classroom.

Funny thing is, do an image search for Oblong in Google, seems I'm not the only person who got taught wrong.

You're both wrong. These are Oblongs:

 

[dudeman0001]

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?

...and she graduated from university?

 

[Archemetis]

I was taught that an Oblong that was an egg shape.

I tried to tell them they were wrong and that they were thinking of an OVAL.
(Oblong being a rectangle.)
But they insisted that they were right and told me not to speak out of place in the classroom.

Funny thing is, do an image search for Oblong in Google, seems I'm not the only person who got taught wrong.

You're both wrong. These are Oblongs:

Well played.

 

[Gaderael]

I was taught that dolphins were fish.

Are you sure you were told that on porpoise?

Aye. I asked "Wait, aren't they mammals?" and the teacher got pissed off and asked me "Who is the teacher here? Me, or you? Want to come up and teach the class? No? Then shut up." Teacher was a *****...

That really sucks. I've had teachers that threw chairs and stuff, but it was usually because of morons. Never had teachers who were that dense though.

 

[dudeman0001]

THAT PAPER CAN BEAT ROCK.

 

[effilctar]

In year 4 I got marked wrong in a test for saying the sun is a star. Apparently in year 4 we had to acknowledge the sun as a planet.

 

[Supreme Unleaded]

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?

Yeah, she's wrong on so many levels, in the early times every continent fit together into one giant shape. I can't remeber what it was called, I think it started with a P. But yeah, go and yell at her becasue she's stupid.

 

[dudeman0001]

I was taught that dolphins were fish.

Are you sure you were told that on porpoise?

Aye. I asked "Wait, aren't they mammals?" and the teacher got pissed off and asked me "Who is the teacher here? Me, or you? Want to come up and teach the class? No? Then shut up." Teacher was a *****...

Maybe she was on her peri- NO! BAD DUDEMAN!

 

[dudeman0001]

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?

Yeah, she's wrong on so many levels, in the early times every continent fit together into one giant shape. I can't remeber what it was called, I think it started with a P. But yeah, go and yell at her becasue she's stupid.

PANGEA, BIZNATCH! I learned that in Geography last year, apparently some schools are better than others. Then again, my geography teacher told me that in 10 years global warming would become so serious that Canada would be able to grow palm trees. Me and my sister find that hard to believe.

 

[Supreme Unleaded]

But yeah, my math teacher was trying to teach us Americans the metric system (keep in mind this is our 9th grade Algebra teacher), and she said that there was 100 mm in a meter and 10 cm in a mm. Really, 10 cetemeters that are each bigger than one Milameter fit in to one of them, that makes sence.

Fail, she got the whole class confused and simultaniusly the whole class said "I quit", and then we walked out right in front of her. It was HALARIUS.

 

[hazabaza1]

Can't remember in particular, but one time, my science teacher told us a whole bunch of stuff for half a lesson, then told us to forget saying that because it's wrong, and he wanted to see if anyone would point out his faults.

Irritating.

 

[Supreme Unleaded]

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?

Yeah, she's wrong on so many levels, in the early times every continent fit together into one giant shape. I can't remeber what it was called, I think it started with a P. But yeah, go and yell at her becasue she's stupid.

PANGEA, BIZNATCH! I learned that in Geography last year, apparently some schools are better than others.

Thats what is was, god that was killing me for the 10 secinds it took for you to reaspond. Thank you.

 

[TriGGeR_HaPPy]

My English teacher liked to tell us that 2 + 2 = 5.

A half cookie for an easy reference.

George Orwell's 1984.
However, being only 3 pages in out of 10, I assume someone else has beaten me to it?

OT: Being taught (in about grade... 5 I think?) that the boiling point of water was 100 Degrees Fahrenheit.
Of course, a friend of mine and I quickly argued with him, he granted us the chance to quickly use the internet to find the answer to prove him right, to which my friend and I subsequently proved him wrong. ^_^
He was a good teacher otherwise though, so we didn't really hold it against him.

 

[thepj]

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[inyourface]

how about zerodivided by zero, by all logic that makes 1

[inyourface][/quote]

0/0=c
thus 0=0*c
thus 0=0
As c can be any real number 0/0 equals all real numbers.[/quote]


thank you! the first person to explain it in a manner that a 13 year old boy going to a state school (admitedly a grammer school but still a state school) can understand![/quote]

Your welcome. This is why your calculator doesn't like you if you ask it to do this.[/quote]



yeah, i noticed, that also explains why a friend of mine looked it up and found that out (failed at explaining it though) and proposed the theory that 0/0= gluestick

 

[similar.squirrel]

I faintly recall a primary school teacher saying something Creationistic. But none of us were that naive, so it's all good.