By madden2014 - 19/09/2013 22:23 - United States - Los Gatos

Today, I had to put up with a student who stubbornly insisted that King Solomon was, in fact, a Pokémon. FML
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madden2014 9

OP here. For those of you who are curious, I work at a public high school teaching English. The class of interest here was my Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition class (made up of SENIORS). The issue came up because a sample practice objective test I passed out had referenced some biblical stories and a couple of students had questions on it. He still thinks Solomon is in one of his Pokémon games.

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wutthe 2

Where are you teaching that you're citing such an obscure figure as Solomon? If it was a religious conversation, I trust that the kid was just trolling you. Acting the fool is sometimes a good tactic to get someone talking about foolish things to stop. Not that religion itself is foolish, but if you have to get in an argument with a kid about it...

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baref00tmama 15

I don't know...religious history? The Bible as history? The Bible as literature? Comparative religion? Sunday School? Actually, yesterday was Thursday, so probably Bible study or CCD.

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iwadasn 32

If it's an English class, they could be reading King Solomon's Mines.

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ForkymeetsPorky 15

Great. Next thing I know, your gonna tell me Iguanodon isn't even a pokemon. And I bet that BroBama isn't one either.

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dragonkyng 11

This is what happens when you teach Pokè-evolution in schools

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mybubbles2000 13

Wow. It's official that video games and cartoons really have destroyed the minds of our youth.

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DWordHead16 19

Speak for yourself. I play games and watch cartoons and I'm quite fine. So are a lot of my friends. Sooo :P what destroys the minds of the youth are themselves. As long as they don't abuse what they got and know how to respect themselves, they're okay.

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madden2014 9

OP here. For those of you who are curious, I work at a public high school teaching English. The class of interest here was my Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition class (made up of SENIORS). The issue came up because a sample practice objective test I passed out had referenced some biblical stories and a couple of students had questions on it. He still thinks Solomon is in one of his Pokémon games.

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happyfingers 15

I'm pretty bad at history and don't have a clue who that is. But I know for a fact that is no pokemon. Dude must be either pretty stupid or is messing with you. Which, in my opinion, still makes him stupid.

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PunkySpunky78 15

I know that king Solomon from history lessons but I looked up yesterday king Solomon Pokemon and it is true it is also name of a Pokemon thing

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wonderfulrosie 13

Seeing as you teach AP, I'm pretty sure he was just messing with you. At least, I hope that was the case.

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Shootermtd25 7

You teach Public school so I'm not really surprised. 1. Because its Public School 2. Because he might not be Religious

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live2loveurself 11

I'm sorry, but this isn't in any way a true FML. That's completely stupid, who the hell cares about Pokemon anyway?

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katydid91 31

I wonder if he was thinking of the Pokemon Salamence.

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blackonblight 32

That is the most logical theory so far. Still a damn idiot, but at least it has a similar sound.

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clavicus 2

He isnt a pokemon. He is a wizard. Thats not me saying that, the bible is. Look up the keys of solomon.

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IzayaOrihara 6

I'm a wizard. Can't use magic out of hogwarts though.

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