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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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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RichardPencil 32
Was this a quiz or a test? If so, you can give them all zeroes for cheating. When idiots cheat from idiots, it's very obvious.
smuntyfasola 0
You should realise by now, that most kids my age now just really don't care anymore. They say whatever first pops up in their tiny mind.
xx000o 27
Ask a 12th grader the same question and you will probably get the same answer.
Colon_Man 17
"Oh. Oh. I know; Martina Luther King!"
acmariner99 25
American education at its finest ladies and gentlemen
ShotaSammy 17
Come on children its not hard. Sally ride, amelia ergart, the lady who did all of the code to get us to the moon, rosa parks. There are so many, except youre 1 answer
bananarama619 3
I love that one of your examples is a typo followed by one that amounts to 'someone who did something good but I don't know their name'. Well done. Maybe you should get EnvyMe33 to show you where the library is.
OhPuhleeze 23
One child has risen above gender. A great person is a a great person. The others did not know shit and copied. FYL for poor invigilation, YDI.
trumpet27 1
Freshmen. I remember when I was one last year. Don't worry. I am a sophomore, and the good news is teenagers mature by their sophomore year. The bad news is, not everyone makes this change. Good luck.
babs22291 15
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That wonderful liberal run education system for the last 8 years.... dumbed the whole USA, because now there is 36 genders and men can go into women's restrooms and people seem to be ok with that shit..
blink831forever 13
I'm more concerned that your students can not successfully identify the difference between a man and a woman.