Today, I got a call from an angry parent telling me that I'm teaching her son and the other children in the class "wrong philosophies". This was all because I explained to the class that Michigan is divided into two parts. FML
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Today, a parent of one of the students I teach called me to complain that I was teaching her child "lies" and "fairytales". I was teaching them about the Holocaust. FML
Today, I had a parent come in for a conference. When she stepped into my classroom, she immediately went on a rant about how I’m "woke indoctrinating" her child and threatened to homeschool her. She then stormed out. I had a rainbow chart of the colors and a poster of multicolored hands. I teach 1st grade. FML
Today, I was bitched out by my 17 year-old son's teacher. It seems the idiot teacher made the kids advocate for his own political beliefs in a presentation, and my son ended his speech saying, "And it remains my opinion that our instructor is cramping my motherfucking style." Instant suspension. FML
Today, I was once again berated by an idiotic parent. I’ve been called a filthy liberal, a groomer, and had my job threatened several times. All of this because I was teaching second graders about pronouns. You know, the part of English grammar that replaces a noun. Nothing political at all. FML
Today, I heard two of my students having a conversation. One asked what state Arizona was in, and the other replied Canada. I teach sixth grade social studies and they weren't joking. FML
Today, my teacher assigned us teams in a class debate. I landed on the team that had to argue the obviously wrong point of view. When I finished, my teacher told me and the entire class how much I disturbed her, and how I reminded her of Hitler and Napoleon. FML
Today, I had to listen to my classmate loudly argue a question she got wrong on a test for half an hour, repeating the same incorrect argument ad nauseam. She screamed at the rightfully exasperated teacher for being "biased" when he gave up, and started screaming again when I tried to explain it in a different way. FML
Today, I had to explain to my teacher that Czechoslovakia is no longer a country. She kicked me out of class when she found out I was right. FML
Today, I had to tell a parent about her son kicking a boy in his class. She blamed me for not watching him. I wasn't watching him because I was turned around to care for another boy he had hit right before that. FML
Today, I got chewed out by a parent for putting her kid underwater. I teach swim lessons. FML
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ahd94 21
Parents behave worse than their children far too often these days.
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Some people tend to apply a deeper, often dumber meaning to many things. And that's why many things are the way they are today.
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Some people tend to apply a deeper, often dumber meaning to many things. And that's why many things are the way they are today.
NoFlippinWai 24
Well, I am from Michigan. I know that there is a lot of often bad stigma between the two peninsulas. The UP (Upper Peninsula) is thought of as hillbillies (However, we are Yoopers). The Lower Peninsula (Downstate) is more urbanized. Downstate will refer to Michigan as a whole more often than a Yooper will. The UP has significantly less people per square mile, more deer, and wildlife. The UP is differenciated because we dont like to be combined with the cement kingdom of violence and hate. However the people from downstate dont like to be differenciated because we arent very nice to the trolls that live under the bridge and commonly refer to the UP as God's Country and we dont tend to befriend Trolls or Fibs. If OP is from Michigan, the statement may be more offensive to the culture that Op realized (especially Downstate.)
ahd94 21
Parents behave worse than their children far too often these days.
TheCaramelKing 11
And the kids act pretty bad.
pockleboy 7
It because parents now a days are 16 yr olds.
graceinsheepwear 34
Holds up hand. "This is Michigan..." (Inside Michigan reference.)
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Next she'll be thinking that the Great Lakes are a government plot because of their location around Michigan
Kelsey_709 9
No, that's Maine! :P
skitzymew 19
You can use both your hands for Michigan! One up right ant the other tilted above it. Easy to explain where you're headed to!
NoFlippinWai 24
if you hold your hands up, right palm away from you, left palm towards you, you will have downstate Mi and Wisconsin.
micha090 21
You can't fix stupid OP.
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...but you sure can excise it. :)
JMichael 26
Not even with duct tape??
confusedAsFuck 34
Yes you can. Unfortunately, shooting people in the face is illegal in some states (Michigan included)..
deathtothepix 26
...Aaaand that's why you teach and they don't. (assuming)
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The kids weren't arguing about the "philosophies;" the derpbag mother was.
graceinsheepwear 34
10, I think 7 meant the parents. She says assuming they aren't teachers and obviously that wouldn't refer to the kids.
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It's probably a good thing they aren't teaching. "Okay class, today we will discuss the secret Illuminati nation of Michigan."
Infamous_Tora 12
At least the kid didn't think it was Photoshopped..
Soundslikeothers 15
Whatever you do don't tell them Pluto isn't planet anymore you might lose your job
ImAFaker 29
Pluto will always be a planet to me.
skyttlz 32
I'll always consider Pluto a planet.
tehdarkness 21
Ahh, and People strike again with their stupidity!
BradTheBrony 19
I think it's time to strike the people. Not with intelligence or stupidity or anything, a 2x4 will work just fine.
Michael_92 20
You should also tell the kids that it has bipolar weather. I just looked outside and there is snow on the ground! Its a love hate relationship with this state.
The_Shrimp52 19
Bipolar weather, the bane of a Michigander's existence. I'm a little surprised at how long it's been since we last had all four seasons in a day.
lkreykes 14
I live near Traverse City, got about 5" last night and it's completely gone again in 6 hours.
skitzymew 19
Definitely bipolar. It was 30 today where I live and snowing. It only lasted for 15 minutes before going back up into the 60s and being sunny!
htownpostman 16
Michigan is divided into 2 parts?
graceinsheepwear 34
An upper and a lower peninsula.
LordSatan 4
Never heard it, but I'm from Cali and we have NoCal and SoCal so not surprising I guess.
graceinsheepwear 34
45, Michigan has a physical, geographical divide; California only a cultural one. (I lived many years in SoCal and traveled to MI often.)
Frostie13 11
I kinda thought that was common knowledge, even in south Texas where I live
homes7d 14
Yes upper and lower punincula