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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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Livin_Like_Larry 29

Wednesday 4 February 2015 13:32

This isn't just stupid, it's advanced stupid

gearhead369 20

Wednesday 4 February 2015 14:18

Some people believe crazy things, you just need to educate him. Tutor away!

Bass_Fisher4 7

Wednesday 4 February 2015 14:32

Hi

martin8337 35

Wednesday 4 February 2015 14:34

A legend in his own mind.

oobergoober89 16

Wednesday 4 February 2015 15:17

Try to convince him Obama and Biden are as well

exuberant_orange 17

Wednesday 4 February 2015 15:58

Looks like you have your work cut out for ya.

stormstarcj 12

Wednesday 4 February 2015 16:00

Idiot

Colon_Man 17

Wednesday 4 February 2015 16:37

In Kansas. I wonder if he doesn't believe in oceans, since he's probably never seen one.

HyunnK 18

Wednesday 4 February 2015 22:26

I thought they only existed in movies and books! @.@

diagnosed 15

Wednesday 4 February 2015 16:47

I would kindly refer him to history books. Written by renowned people that say that pirates, geeks and Romans were not myths. I strongly suggest that you sent this gentleman straight. And I would probably contact his parents and let them know that his education has really failed

parvus 1

Wednesday 4 February 2015 16:51

I had a student just like this one last year. I told him that gravity was also a myth ... never saw him again ... I wonder why.

False_Stupidity 41

Wednesday 4 February 2015 19:01

I hope that this was a joke... Can't tell from here.

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