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I hope you're kidding. I definitely hope you're kidding.
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Wow those are funny yet sad.
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United States24745 Posts
On September 23 2011 11:13 IntoTheheart wrote:
I hope you're kidding. I definitely hope you're kidding.
I am not kidding and that was only the tip of the iceberg.
...which not everyone correctly identified as the thing the Titanic struck before it sunk...
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I feel ashamed of being 16 now.
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rofl given velocity, finds velocity...completely wrong.
LOL
also I know a couple people who straight up can't read an analog clock. idfk why or how, but they can't.
Pretty sad.
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On September 23 2011 11:16 micronesia wrote:Show nested quote +On September 23 2011 11:13 IntoTheheart wrote:
I hope you're kidding. I definitely hope you're kidding. I am not kidding and that was only the tip of the iceberg. ...which not everyone correctly identified as the thing the Titanic struck before it sunk...
Can I cry on you..? Man this is depressing.
Edit: Nice touch at the end.
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On September 23 2011 11:16 micronesia wrote:Show nested quote +On September 23 2011 11:13 IntoTheheart wrote:
I hope you're kidding. I definitely hope you're kidding. I am not kidding and that was only the tip of the iceberg. ...which not everyone correctly identified as the thing the Titanic struck before it sunk...
this is both a win and fail at the same time.
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lol
Q) True or False: You should eat a lot of food shortly before going to bed.
A) True
Don't like that question though. It's personal preference imo.
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inb4 "only in america"
Well, that is pretty sad  I'd like to see some percentages though.. if you just leave it like that it seems like it could be pretty misleading.. maybe 1/1000 picked the answers above and they didn't take it seriously and were just trolling the teach?
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On September 23 2011 11:27 Jonoman92 wrote:lol Show nested quote +
Q) True or False: You should eat a lot of food shortly before going to bed.
A) True
Don't like that question though. It's personal preference imo.
Yeah it's not a fully objective fact (pretty much agreed upon by everyone in the medical field though)... but the official stance of the previous day's lesson included a clear message that that is specifically false for the purposes of the assessment.... so it's not like they had an excuse for the wrong answer XD
On September 23 2011 11:27 Alejandrisha wrote:inb4 "only in america" Well, that is pretty sad I'd like to see some percentages though.. if you just leave it like that it seems like it could be pretty misleading.. maybe 1/1000 picked the answers above and they didn't take it seriously and were just trolling the teach?
I'm not going to give statistics but you can take my word for it: when you teach certain classes (the ones that tend to have the lower performing students) the statistics are pretty horrifying. Remember.... these are all just SOME answers I saw TODAY. And I don't have 1000 students...
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Q) What did Benjamin Franklin accomplish to advance oceanography?
A) Became President of the USA
Call me stupid...
Ok now that that is done, what is real answer? Not part of my general knowledge and google would be cheating.
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United States24745 Posts
On September 23 2011 11:29 Bubelzeeb wrote:Show nested quote +Q) What did Benjamin Franklin accomplish to advance oceanography?
A) Became President of the USA Call me stupid... Ok now that that is done, what is real answer? Not part of my general knowledge and google would be cheating.
He mapped the gulf stream in order to assist in planning a faster route to sail to Europe.
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On September 23 2011 11:28 micronesia wrote:Show nested quote +On September 23 2011 11:27 Jonoman92 wrote:lol
Q) True or False: You should eat a lot of food shortly before going to bed.
A) True
Don't like that question though. It's personal preference imo. Yeah it's not a fully objective fact (pretty much agreed upon by everyone in the medical field though)... but the official stance of the previous day's lesson included a clear message that that is specifically false for the purposes of the assessment.... so it's not like they had an excuse for the wrong answer XD Show nested quote +On September 23 2011 11:27 Alejandrisha wrote:inb4 "only in america" Well, that is pretty sad I'd like to see some percentages though.. if you just leave it like that it seems like it could be pretty misleading.. maybe 1/1000 picked the answers above and they didn't take it seriously and were just trolling the teach? I'm not going to give statistics but you can take my word for it: when you teach certain classes (the ones that tend to have the lower performing students) the statistics are pretty horrifying. Remember.... these are all just SOME answers I saw TODAY. And I don't have 1000 students...
Ohhh I didn't know you were a teacher!
That is pretty neat then
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Canada400 Posts
As a student in an academic high school I feel like crying while reading these. Don't they know about the "1492 columbus sailed the ocean blue" rhyme? basic algebra to find distance with v = d/t? Darwin discovered pressure? HUH??????
may I ask what grade level you teach?
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United States24745 Posts
On September 23 2011 11:34 Kid-Fox wrote:
As a student in an academic high school I feel like crying while reading these. Don't they know about the "1492 columbus sailed the ocean blue" rhyme? basic algebra to find distance with v = d/t? Darwin discovered pressure? HUH??????
may I ask what grade level you teach?
These are 16-17 year olds (as I mentioned) so they are in 11th-12th grade.
Yeah when I think back to my high school experience I can't imagine not knowing 1492. To be fair, the physics problem wasn't just basic algebra.... it was substitution. You'd think people would all know that Darwin=evolution due to all the controversy, but they don't pay attention to the outside world. You could be explaining to many of these students how their house is going to explode tonight and they still would barely be paying attention.
It's not as easy for me to give hilarious/sad examples, but some students have a lot of trouble with reading and basic reasoning skills, even after all these years in school.
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I apologize for my fellow 17 year olds. Very very sad...
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Some of these are bad but not knowing how to read analogue clocks is really not a big deal. It's an obscure historical curiousity, you really can't fault kids for not knowing about it
Also anything except 1-4 is speciallized knowledge. If they didn't study or pay attention in class of course they're not going to know it.
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On September 23 2011 11:31 micronesia wrote:Show nested quote +On September 23 2011 11:29 Bubelzeeb wrote:Q) What did Benjamin Franklin accomplish to advance oceanography?
A) Became President of the USA Call me stupid... Ok now that that is done, what is real answer? Not part of my general knowledge and google would be cheating. He mapped the gulf stream in order to assist in planning a faster route to sail to Europe.
Cheers!
What a champ. Given the intelligence of yesteryear's leaders compared to today's, it is perhaps not surprising the kids aren't so smart.
Which came first?
A) Woeful politicians
B) Woeful Kids
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