Today, I asked students to identify a woman that made a difference in history. I got several people answering Martin Luther King Jr. These are 9th graders. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my daughter actually asked me who Martin Luther king Jr was. This girl, this African American daughter of mine, with full access to the internet, who has completed a college education, doesn’t know who one of the most important black men in history is. I need to lie down. FML
Today, I told my mom we get Monday off due to Martin Luther King Jr. day. She then insisted that I had to go to school because that is "only for black people." FML
Today, my students all handed in their 1,000 word papers. The assignment was for them to write about a strong, benevolent leader who influenced the world. Around half of the papers were about Hitler. FML
Today, I asked my students to buy a copy of Anne Frank's diary for an assignment. One of them asked me in all seriousness who wrote it. FML
Today, I was lecturing my high school students on the importance of a good education. I pointed out the janitor in the hall and told them if they didn't stay in school, they'd end up like him. Then one of my students raised her hand and reminded me that the janitor I pointed to was her dad. FML
Today, I was doing my job and trying to teach a lazy bunch of 16-year-olds. A girl entered the room just 15 minutes before class ended, so I snapped, "Someone had better have died for you to be this late!" She immediately burst into tears. Turns out, someone had. FML
Today, during a lecture, my teacher jokingly talked about the time he was best buds with George Washington. Another student then asked, "Really? You knew him?" I'm in an advanced placement U.S. history class. FML
Today, I asked my science teacher if he'd had my mom when she went to my high school. He took one look at me, glared, and said, "Oh yeah, I remember HER." I have that class every day the rest of the year. Thanks a lot, Mom. FML
Today, we were taking a bio quiz and I understood the subject, so the people sitting behind me asked me to help them out. Being a kind fellow classmate, I did. When the teacher got suspicious, she asked the class, "How are all of you getting the same answers?" everyone pointed directly at me. FML
Today, I asked my class to name some West African countries. Several of them thought Ebola was a country. I teach an AP history class. FML
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Enslaved 38
Would Coretta Scott King have been an okay answer? As the saying goes. "Behind every successful man is a great woman".
jcash52426 5
I didn't know MLKJ was transgender.
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Comments (25)
UltimateBob 11
They are freshmen pal you should know by know that they don't listen
MidnaLink 35
I've been here twice and I'm still trying to figure out what the hell you mean.
UltimateBob 11
Freshmen don't listen. The second know should be now
MidnaLink 35
Odd, this was meant for thewolvesfan.
MidnaLink 35
Odd, this was meant for thewolvesfan.
TheWolvesFan 9
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Did you just assume their gender?
vcapelo 19
Rosa Parks and I'm not even American !
jcash52426 5
I didn't know MLKJ was transgender.
RWBY_RubyRose 9
It was the biggest plot twist
sirdannyboy1 20
I'm a fan of quoting Rosa Parks: "No".
Enslaved 38
Would Coretta Scott King have been an okay answer? As the saying goes. "Behind every successful man is a great woman".
tj4234 36
Florence Nightingale
EnvyMe33 26
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I'm surprised there are still schools available for kids these days. Having this technology if it weren't for google kids wouldn't know how to figure anything out. In my day we had to go to this place called the library to figure stuff out. As much as I like having a smartphone I do miss the good ole days.
Arashikage 18
The hell are you going on about?
Studious_Gluteus 20
We still libraries. They haven't gone anywhere.
RedPillSucks 33
I'm sorry, but what do you expect? Schools teach nothing about African Americans in history. this is despite the fact that there were blacks on Edison's team when he was inventing the light bulb and other things. there were blacks at Bells team when he was inventing the telephone. there are loads of pattents attributed to black scientists going back a 150 years (besides George Washington Carver)
lexyrebele 3
He never said it had to be a black woman though.
RedPillSucks 33
true, I was asuming it was a black history month thing, which is why the students responded with MLK. Schools don't teach anything about women in history either.
lexyrebele 3
As a ninth grader I would like to confirm that we aren't all this incompetent.