Sorry sir, but I can't take you seriously.

[Brandon237]

The title is relating to a teacher of mine, a science teacher. A new teacher who has not been the most knowledgeable science teacher I have ever had. During the first lesson he taught us, the lesson was on magnetism, he said that the cause of the auroras was "The magnetic field of the Earth bending the light[footnote]Yes, photons of light...[/footnote] towards the poles." For those who are not science students, think about the fact that it takes a black hole many times heavier than our sun to bend light like that. Couple this statement with his general level of confusion and number of self-contradictions and corrections, as well as his Arnold Schwarzenegger accent and I simply cannot take him seriously when he teaches.

Now to the point: Have any of you Escapees ever had a situation like this where, for some or other reason, you could no longer take some seriously? All the better if said person was a teacher / in a position of power over you.

Oh, and if anyone says they cannot take me seriously for the slight grammatical error in the title, I will kindly ask them to consume their own pancreas. It is there for effect damnit!

 

[Stall]

Uh, he's kind of right. It's a bit of a simplification, but he's right...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_%28astronomy%29

Auroras result from emissions of photons in the Earth's upper atmosphere, above 80 km (50 miles), from ionized nitrogen atoms regaining an electron, and oxygen and nitrogen atoms returning from an excited state to ground state. They are ionized or excited by the collision of solar wind and magnetospheric particles being funneled down and accelerated along the Earth's magnetic field lines; excitation energy is lost by the emission of a photon of light, or by collision with another atom or molecule:

 

[WanderingFool]

I was in Foods class and made a Red Cake with a Yellow Hammer and Sickle on it. The teacher pulled me aside and asked me if it was a "Nazi symbol". At that moment I knew she could no longer teach me.

Wow... Also, was said cake good?

Oh, almost forgot, cant say I really had an experience like that, but Ive had pleanty that were close to it.

 

[Ruwrak]

"You are supposed to do your work this and that way"
"But that takes 2 hours longer, more paperwork we archive, more manhours and thus costs more money."
"Yeah... I know. But I'm the boss and I know what's best for our store."
"...... Okay boss. So Ill just get started on this time & money sink of a project?"
"Well take 30 min lunchbreak first."
"... Sweet."


Odd person that one.

 

[Quaxar]

Uh, he's kind of right. It's a bit of a simplification, but he's right...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_%28astronomy%29

Auroras result from emissions of photons in the Earth's upper atmosphere, above 80 km (50 miles), from ionized nitrogen atoms regaining an electron, and oxygen and nitrogen atoms returning from an excited state to ground state. They are ionized or excited by the collision of solar wind and magnetospheric particles being funneled down and accelerated along the Earth's magnetic field lines; excitation energy is lost by the emission of a photon of light, or by collision with another atom or molecule:

I think you misunderstand something there.

The solar wind consists of particles, not photons, though emitted by the sun. These particles are relatively slow, taking weeks to reach us (compared to about 8 min. for light) and are ionized so they can get caught in the magnetosphere.
The "emission of photons" only happens up there at the poles where the charged particles give off photons. I think I won't get into detail here, but it is the solar particles that get bent and then emitt light related to the kind of elemental atom they are.

Anyway, I had this math/physics teacher once that had no idea what she was talking about most of the time, that managed to almost electrocute herself in an experiment and was so stupid people would just get their tests back, correct them and tell her she made a mistake there.
I kid you not, at times there were ten people at her desk at the same time with the same stuff. All of them got more points/better grades out of it...

 

[Musiclly enhanced]

I was in Foods class and made a Red Cake with a Yellow Hammer and Sickle on it. The teacher pulled me aside and asked me if it was a "Nazi symbol". At that moment I knew she could no longer teach me.

thats just brilliant

OT: just about every cover teacher ever in highschool i feel like this

 

[NinjaDeathSlap]

I could no longer take my friend seriously after she said last November, "Why do we wear poppies? Is it for 9/11?"

 

[Rawne1980]

My uncles wife.

She shops in ALDI (for those who don't know what ALDI is it's a cheaper supermarket than some of the big ones) and puts her shopping in Marks and Spencers bags so her neighbours think she has a bit of money.

Never been able to take her seriously but that made me laugh so much I swear I pee'd a little bit.

 

[Stall]

The solar wind consists of particles, not photons, though emitted by the sun. These particles are relatively slow, taking weeks to reach us (compared to about 8 min. for light) and are ionized so they can get caught in the magnetosphere.
The "emission of photons" only happens up there at the poles where the charged particles give off photons. I think I won't get into detail here, but it is the solar particles that get bent and then emitt light related to the kind of elemental atom they are.

I didn't really "misunderstand" anything. I said that it was a bit of a simplification, perhaps a gross one at that, but it still isn't entirely inaccurate.

 

[funguy2121]

The title is relating to a teacher of mine, a science teacher. A new teacher who has not been the most knowledgeable science teacher I have ever had. During the first lesson he taught us, the lesson was on magnetism, he said that the cause of the auroras was "The magnetic field of the Earth bending the light[footnote]Yes, photons of light...[/footnote] towards the poles." For those who are not science students, think about the fact that it takes a black hole many times heavier than our sun to bend light like that. Couple this statement with his general level of confusion and number of self-contradictions and corrections, as well as his Arnold Schwarzenegger accent and I simply cannot take him seriously when he teaches.

Now to the point: Have any of you Escapees ever had a situation like this where, for some or other reason, you could no longer take some seriously? All the better if said person was a teacher / in a position of power over you.

Oh, and if anyone says they cannot take me seriously for the slight grammatical error in the title, I will kindly ask them to consume their own pancreas. It is there for effect damnit!

I'm just glad that someone was kind enough to escape you from that situation, where you were forced to hear a foreign accent for an hour and a half out of the day, wracking your inner xenophobe's last nerve, and rendering you an "escapee." I think "evacuee" would likely be a better term.

 

[Blueruler182]

Had a socials teacher once, furking fantastic man, incredibly and ironically social, he showed us slideshows of his trips and a crazy furker her meets whenever he goes, and he showed us Japanese bug fights. I once saw him go flying out of a room while fighting another student with desks. I was talking to him once when one kid right behind him knocked another to the ground and said "he took my backpack," and the guy looked back at me and kept the conversation going.

He could have been a great teacher for all I know, he's not the first I didn't learn from, but it's next to impossible to take someone seriously when, for half the year, he calls you by the name you used to play call of duty after school in the computer lab.

 

[AstylahAthrys]

My bio teacher last semester. He thought the world was flat, but it just appeared round because it was spinning so fast.

Needless to say I couldn't take him seriously ever again.

 

[j0frenzy]

I got into a political discussion with a friend's parent who refused to believe demographics and sampling bias exists. She accused me of being a cynic (I am kinda) and ignorant (I like to think I'm not). I will point out she is a retired French teacher, so who she it to say that I am unqualified in the field of political science is beyond me, but after about 5 minutes I spent the rest of the night just nodding along.

 

[Tallim]

My bio teacher last semester. He thought the world was flat, but it just appeared round because it was spinning so fast.

Needless to say I couldn't take him seriously ever again.

With the what now?! That's just...... I don't even know how to respond to that.

 

[Torrasque]

I stop taking people seriously when they say:
"I am not religious at all, but my entire argument is based on god and religion"
"I am not a fanboy, but..."
"I am not sexist, but..."
Generally when someone says they are not something, and then proceed to completely take back what they said.
Also, when someone expresses something as fact, when it is completely wrong, I generally stop believing anything they say.

 

[enzilewulf]

I once asked a girl what 5 + 5 was and got a straight faced 11 and she didn't even change it till I was done starring at her for 2 minutes.

 

[Crazy_Dude]

A classmate came to school one Monday morning after a night of partying. After a few lessons she left and went home. Her reason? Alcohol Poisoning...

 

[Ambi]

This is a sample of the things the teachers and chaplains at my school taught us:

"When girls lose their virginity on their wedding night, they bleed to represent the blood sacrifice that used to take place in the Old Testament. I should know, I'm a biology teacher."

"I wouldn't vote for anyone who was atheist or openly gay."

"Evolution says that we mean nothing."

"Every word in the bible is true. It says so in John..."