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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Comments (174)
gc327072 31
Wait I thought Ebola was a brand of cough drop?
Jaqybear 12
rikola
interesting33 37
What does AP mean? :)
siggy_mcsigx 22
"Advanced Placement" The curriculum is set to the standard/content of a university class, with optional separate exams than can help get into universities/skip prerequisite classes in first year. AP history class will be quite different from regular History class.
BuckNekkid 22
Doing a good job teacher
zombiekiller52 24
Thats the public education system for you!
Killedbycroc 15
To be honest, Ebola is actually a river in Africa - that's where the disease got its name from.
The_Avatar 22
That isn't ordinary stupid, its advanced stupid
jennaclaire13 22
people these days...
ontheFLY4 25
Have any of you heard that joke about Ebola...? Never mind, you won't get it anyways.
superwhovian 16
Well it is history not geography
Nilorak 24
Facepalm
kaet 21
Ebola, Angola potato, potato That doesn't really work in text.
blackonblight 33
That's why you spell it "po-tay-toe, po-tah-toe" when using that idiom in text.