Kids, School, Awkward and Students: Culture wars

Culture wars

By FrustratedTutor - 21/08/2015 20:00 - United States - Andover

Today, the kid I was tutoring told me that, "Pirates were a myth. Like the Greeks and Romans." He's 16. FML

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By Anonymous - 05/03/2011 06:07 - Canada

Today, I was performing a show about pirates for a youth program. A child started crying because I wasn't a real pirate. A little girl took my defense, saying, "He's a real pirate, his teeth are all yellow!" FML

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By csc4lyfe09 - 03/03/2010 00:00 - United States

Today, while at my tutoring job, a middle school kid couldn't find a word in the online dictionary. I told him he could check a regular paperback dictionary. His response was, "That's what you did in your day. That's not what we do in our day." I'm only 19. FML

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By PrettySureItsReal - 09/04/2015 19:38 - United States - Saint Peters

Today, a parent of one of the students I teach called me to complain that I was teaching her child "lies" and "fairytales". I was teaching them about the Holocaust. FML

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You mean it isn't??

By Anonymous - 28/01/2024 22:00 - United States - Jacksonville

Today, I got roasted in class because I could've swore that the story of Robin Hood was in the Bible. I was so cocksure of myself, but I guess I shouldn't repeat stuff my dad told me for a laugh when I was about 9 years-old, now that I'm in college. FML

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By anon - 17/12/2015 18:45

Today, I had to explain to someone in my class who Gandhi really was and that he was not a fictional goblin. FML

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By nanall - 04/06/2012 07:19 - United States

Today, my 24-year-old brother tried to convince me that Hogwarts is real, because there is no way a person could have written that based on imagination. My parents agreed with him. FML

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By Derp-A-Herp - 27/05/2011 05:46 - United States

Today, my genius boyfriend was trying to remember a particular island in the Caribbean that was used by pirates in the past. I offered up Morocco. I heard him facepalm over the phone. FML

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Bully

By ninjawhat1337 - 25/05/2009 04:14 - United States

Today, I told my dad that I was going to sleep over my friend's house this weekend with a few other guys to play Dungeons and Dragons. He responded with, "Oh, back in my day, me and my pals used to pick on the kids who played Dungeons and Dragons." FML

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By eyepatch - 19/02/2017 10:00 - United States - Albany

Today, while I was giving a school presentation about life as an injured, deformed soldier, someone asked if the reason I wear an eyepatch is because I'm a pirate. I wouldn't have minded, had I not been presenting to high-school students. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/10/2014 19:29 - United Kingdom

Today, my 9-year-old daughter was acting out and wouldn't do her homework. I told her that if she didn't study, she wouldn't get her acceptance letter from Hogwarts. She looked into my eyes, straight through to my soul and said, "Hogwarts isn't real, retard." FML

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ricardof 19

Wednesday 4 February 2015 13:02

maybe his education was also a myth

khorstmye 15

Wednesday 4 February 2015 13:03

And that is why you are there to tutor him.

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Shade1982 20

Thursday 5 February 2015 10:58

To be honest, I consider this a fail of the education system rather than him.

BoaNikolaos 14

Thursday 5 February 2015 20:45

I must be a myth... Because clearly this kid knows the truth lol GREEKS are just a myth DUH

NodakN8V 25

Thursday 5 February 2015 23:43

Another child left behind...

Dean__Winchester 16

Friday 6 February 2015 12:31

Tell him to take that up with Disney and Hollywood, who'll think different

danne107 4

Friday 6 February 2015 21:46

Dumbass!

CandyApple88 13

Saturday 7 February 2015 2:50

Ah... so does that mean Common Core is being taught where you are? That's the only way I can understand his total lack of any brains.

Bubblez2009 15

Saturday 7 February 2015 8:20

I feel bad for u and the kid ... Don't know how he will survive

HurleyX21 17

Sunday 8 February 2015 14:14

Teach him before its too late

Antivist 13

Monday 9 February 2015 20:24

Is he cute ? :3

awkwardeer 26

Tuesday 10 February 2015 20:16

I'm not sure he got the Romans from but maybe he was thinking of Greek mythology

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Culture wars

Same thing different taste

You mean it isn't??

Bully

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