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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Welshite 40
That answer is going viral.
nityasomaiya 46
I'm wondering what they thought the disease was....
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ZombieVampirez 24
Society nowadays.
shesaywha 19
Yeah because hordes of uneducated peasants are better than a handful of dumb kids.
thatguynamedsky 32
so true, better than believing bugs are formed from nothingness and we can whip the sickness out of us
Redskin9999 19
Thanks Obama.
Mynamewontfi 40
That's... wow. I don't understand that someone can be that dumb, let alone more than one person thinking that.
Badkarma4u 17
Did you know it was named after a river in west Africa?
TheBlazinAsian 9
Do you understand the irrelevancy of the comment you made?
Ethan_Anonymous 28
I met someone today who thought Isis was a hoax by the US government
smbridges 15
You've got to be kidding me
MattStro 23
Sounds like you've got some work to do
bdsmslave 18
I feel your pain. As a white South African, foreigners constantly tell me that I'm not a true South African. Because, you know, obviously only black people inhabit South Africa. I even once had someone ask me, "So, do you know [insert name here]? He lives in Nigeria!" Yes, I OBVIOUSLY do. In Africa we all know each other. Since we don't have television or internet, we get to know every person on the continent in our dusty little towns with dirt roads and lions roaming the streets... Ugh! Ignorance. Such a damn bitch.
Enslaved 38
Have they not seen "Lethal Weapon 2"?
suri23 11
Some people are as dense as neutron stars.
meg13rocks 26
"Oh my god, Karen! You can't just ask someone why they're white."
narf05 2
You're obviously talking about foreigners from outside Africa, but I'm a Namibian and I've had all of those questions asked by South Africans... Someone once ask ed me if we have an ocean *facepalm*
Stillo 25
What? You mean to tell me that Ikea isn't the capital of Europe?!
Metashock 20
Well it IS Arizona... What were you expecting? It has one of the worst education ratings in America. At least now you can teach them.
Ramos808 29
Lol, it must have been a hilarious reaction when they found out that Ebola is a virus.
TordNorski 30
Stupidity isn't a disease but it sure is spreading like one.