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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Sudoc 29
At least it wasn't AP geography!
BobbieH 19
You're at the end of the school year, don't you think this is your failing as much, if not more, than theirs?
TheBlazinAsian 9
It's an advanced placement (ap) class. It's for students who've reached the educational capability to enroll in a university class during high school. You'd think that simple geography wouldn't be something that the teacher has to review that much. Hell, if AP is so easy I can get away with answering basic geography wrong, then sign me up!
siggy_mcsigx 22
Honestly as someone who took three different AP History classes, the only reason I know West African geography is because of French class :/ and my mom has a masters in African Fine Art. But I can't say it came up at any other point in my education.
turtlechickenpie 4
Like duh 8= pie
kavyashahs 16
Delete this FML sir. What will the upcoming kids say?
graveprotecter 18
It's almost definite that they were just messing with you, with all of the news coverage there is no way they could have heard of it and still thought it was a country
chase007 10
It is a lake in Africa at least
Emzinatorbot 26
Is Cameroon a western country? Cause that's what I would've said
AmericanSniper 13
Is the school in a big city like New York or Chicago? That would explain it completely...
VeganVampyre 27
Considering the teacher is in Arizona, I somehow doubt the school is in New York... But hey, I could be wrong. Maybe OP just has to travel a bit to get to work.
AyeM80 12
... Well it's a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo.. They had the right idea..
Badkarma4u 17
It was called Zaire when the virus was discovered.
AyeM80 12
Aye they had the right idea. A for effort.