Today, I was actually criticized for giving my kids scientific answers to their questions, instead of dumb downed fairytales. Gotta love the public school system, right? FML
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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
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
Today, my son's school actually called me to complain that despite his excellent test scores, he spends too much time reading, and has a wilfully overactive imagination, so could I please get him to stop ''reading and imagining'' so much, as it makes him hard to teach. Are they taking the piss? They must be taking the piss, right? FML
Today, I was once again berated by an idiotic parent. I’ve been called a filthy liberal, a groomer, and had my job threatened several times. All of this because I was teaching second graders about pronouns. You know, the part of English grammar that replaces a noun. Nothing political at all. FML
Today, after I lectured my family at Christmas dinner about how schools are indoctrination centers, I'm now helping my kid with homework every night and realizing I don’t understand half of it. FML
Today, I was bitched out by my 17 year-old son's teacher. It seems the idiot teacher made the kids advocate for his own political beliefs in a presentation, and my son ended his speech saying, "And it remains my opinion that our instructor is cramping my motherfucking style." Instant suspension. FML
Today, after church, my 5-year-old son asked me about God, so I answered his questions in full. We talked about God for over 2 hours. At the end of it all, he pondered for a moment, before saying to me, "That's the stupidest thing I ever heard. You're dumb." FML
Today, it's been many years since I criticised my sister for homeschooling her kids instead of sending them to a normal school. Now all three of her kids are at university in science courses. My two sons graduated high school still struggling to read or spell, and don’t have the grades for college. FML
Today, I was met with a flurry of complaints after my “disgusting” speech during my child’s career day at school. I’m a labor and delivery nurse, and my use of words like “fetus, breast, cesarean, etc.” was too much for the kids. I never even mentioned sex or genitals, and they’re in the 6th grade. FML
Today, as a science teacher, I did a science experiment in front of a class. One of my students asked me if it was "photoshopped." He was being serious. FML
Today, I got a call from an angry parent telling me that I'm teaching her son and the other children in the class "wrong philosophies". This was all because I explained to the class that Michigan is divided into two parts. FML
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Sara Niemantsverdriet 12
So in the private system do they get dumbed down stories, instead of the dumb downed ones in the public?
TxKitten 8
Good for you. I also give my kids real answers and info they need for life.
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RichardPencil 32
Hah! ******' public schools with their round Earth and evolution bullshit! Our science textbook is the one written by the Man Upstairs, right?
Schadenfreude 4
Sarcasm? honestly can't tell. Does this mean you are bad at it or good at it? or is it just me? I mean in the case that you were being sarcastic
RichardPencil 32
Yes, sarcasm.
Sara Niemantsverdriet 12
So in the private system do they get dumbed down stories, instead of the dumb downed ones in the public?
ojoRojo 27
Ohhh the irony
alex_jaguara 33
I was going to point that out.Maybe he is not a native english speaker but so an I.
TxKitten 8
Good for you. I also give my kids real answers and info they need for life.
xbaconator9000x 16
I would be far more critical of the private school system.
Yummi_913 18
Well keep at it. They're going to hate my family once our kiddo starts school. Her dad is still bitter about Santa and wants to teach her from the get go that he doesn't exist. Her classmates are going to just LOVE it 🙃
Chelsea Schattner 9
I never had the Santa and easter bunny is real BS and my neighbor hated me when I told her kids (I was like 12yo so cut me some slack), I also broke it to my classmates at school. Which also went over like a lead balloon.
Yummi_913 18
Oh man, I forgot all about the easter bunny. It creeped me out as a kid. Instead of a tooth fairy, we have a tooth mouse where I'm from. The little dude collects all the good teeth to build a tiny home with for him and his family. A bit more believable for a kid so I was really sad when I found out about that one being shite. Looking back now, a house built out of teeth is also creepy and yuck 🤮