Today, I was giving an anti-drugs speech to a group of ninth graders. I got onto the topic of trafficking from problem countries and asked a student to point out Mexico City on a map. He hesitated a few seconds before pointing at Canada. What the hell has the education system come to? 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, 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, while teaching my history class, a girl asked me where North America was. She lives in North America. FML
Today, in the senior class I teach, I asked my students who had traveled outside of the country, excluding Canada and Mexico. One student raised his hand and proudly stated, "Arizona". He wants to be a doctor. FML
Today, I was getting ready to perform a speech in anthropology on the globalization of public transportation and how it brings cultures together. On the bus ride there, the girls behind me were discussing ways to hide their track marks after injecting. FML
Today, while answering an "anonymous" survey about how to keep my school drug free, I told them they should stop drug testing the kids that they know don't do drugs and test the sketchier ones. They in turn drug tested me. FML
Today, I was listening to my favorite radio station outta Detroit. A commercial came on for a program that was giving federal grants to people who were going into a trade, like me. Right as I was getting excited I heard the words "brought to you by the government of Canada." FML
Today, I had to show my daughter where the USA is on a map. She's 17, and we live in the USA. FML
Today, I found out my son was selling pot for pesos. We live in New Jersey and have never planned on going to Mexico. FML
Today, while at a school anti-drugs assembly, the speaker asked everyone to stand up if they knew someone who had died of an overdose. As I stood up, my friend hit me in the side, making me laugh. I stood frozen under accusing glares while the speaker bitched me out for a good 5 minutes. FML
Today, I went with my son to a conference about sexual education at his high school. I guess it was all too late, because among the attendees I saw three girls from the same high school who were already pregnant. They aren't even 18. FML
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yadisingh 5
Our future looks prosperous...
Dark__Angel66 24
*facepalm* unfortunately, some kids just aren't taught/don't care. It's sad though =/
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agaba 0
I'm in 9th and I feel that that I a disgrace to all 9th graders everywhere.
yadisingh 5
Our future looks prosperous...
fanceh 10
I wonder where America gets stereotyped from.
derper71 3
OP is the idiot here. Canada is the new mexico derrp...
roseXthorns 8
Indeed.
roseXthorns 8
:/
castrosabeast 7
Put a push pin in china bill.
ShroomsOnAcid 17
It definitely does. Chicago recently decided to do something about the problem. They lengthened school days, and I think the school year too. The only difference that makes is that now the students have to sit through even more dumb shit. If they wanted to improve school performance, why didn't they work on the QUALITY of the classes, instead of just making them longer? Obviously their teaching methods are not working, so how is cramming more of the same into kids' heads going to make things better? The American school system in general needs a makeover.
mrs_bruno_mars 14
Totally agree, 61. American schools aren't even close to the quality of schooling in Europe, which is messed up.
DropTheDaggerxx 31
A few idiots make everyone call Americans dumb and stereotype everyone here. I know it sounds crazy, but... there are genuinely stupid people in every country. Dumbasses are everywhere. That being said, that's craziness. Kids these days. I could understand if the kid was a bit younger, but a freshman? That's ridiculous. They should at least know basic georgraphy. Some small percentage of Americans can't even pick out North America on a globe. Crazy.
ShroomsOnAcid 17
67, I received most of my primary education in Europe, and some in the US. In Europe, the quality of the material was great, and school was only half as long as it was in the US. Compared with everything I learned in European schools, I honestly feel like school in the US just wasted my time. Graded coloring for math in high school? Seriously? All the information in that long, long, 8 hour day could be condensed in just 4, if you cut out all the inane fluff.
ScarletBloom 14
I heard American universities are general degrees. Is that true?
yamatelle 19
Shrooms- It's true that the American education system needs a makeover but unfortunately, that makeover will not occur any time soon. The problem is not being attacked from its roots, and that is, the fluctuating economy. Teachers are being laid off at a mind boggling rate and their supplies are inadequate due to budget problems. The lack of parent involvement has also a lot to do with it, which in return is (most of the times) due to the the economy. Parents are focusing so much on trying to bring money in the house that they don't have time for the kids anymore. If the government dealt with the economical problems first, it would make this "makeover" a lot easier, and from then on, the other problems could be dealt with one at a time.
ShroomsOnAcid 17
That's true, yamatelle. Everything in a society is tightly connected, and if one component fails, everything else starts failing with it. Once the balance is disrupted, vicious cycles are created. A dumb future generation can't help the country get back on its feet much, can it? I have deep respect for all the teachers who still stand strong during tough economic times, as we all know how underpaid the profession in general tends to be.
yadisingh 5
Forget Europe, did you see Asian SAT scores versus ours? It's ridiculous, man.
gazzdogs 5
Some
gazzdogs 5
Some
gazzdogs 5
Some people still don't know where Australia is...
reddawn1985 12
Hey I mean Mexico and Canada look almost identical. It would be easy to mix them up.
cameron194 9
An unintelligent and fearful nation is easier to governs than an intelligent nation with ideals .. They won't fix the education system any time soon.. They don't teach much about Canada because we are a democracy, and they don't want you knowing to much on that subject lol, as with a lot of other potentially information potentially harmful to American government
Dark__Angel66 24
*facepalm* unfortunately, some kids just aren't taught/don't care. It's sad though =/
Shrike 24
cue dipshit pothead debates
flockz 20
wait wait wait... where the **** is Canada?
GuitarFail123 9
haha ik wat u mean, i go to an academy for highschool so i dont havta worry bout it:)
upyourzlolz 11
Well I can explain this. The kid was scared OP would smell his weed odor and bust him, and in turn, had a nervous breakdown.
Lanceeden 12
The whole American system sucks hairy balls.
ihasbrains 10
That's a matter of opinion. Many decent colleges are in America. Georgetown, Yale, Harvard? Those are part of the education system. More than that, it's the intelligence of the people and their will to learn. Then comes quality of material learned in class. For me, I go to a college prep school, and I enjoy cramming my head with information, so I would consider myself more educated than, say, a weed smoking teen in a public school. It's a matter of the way you learn, and how much you'll go out of the way to learn.
bm99 6
Or they will do anything to get a laugh.
RavagedSouI 0
Canadian people are very friendly. He could might as well be right that the drugs go there.
StoryOfTheYear 15
Dumb comment made dumber by a typo. *thumbs down*
purplepink143 0
Rude!
False_Stupidity 42
Except he wasn't asked to point to where the drugs are, but to Mexico City...
ThePopularLoner 0
there are probably less drugs here in Canada than in America asshole, think before u speak because we ain't so friendly when u make fun of us. :I thumbs down prickhead.
CookieGirl4ever 13
Damn it! Meant to thumbs down but thumbed up... stupid iPod! But I promise you we aren't nice if you piss us off. Eh? ;)
smartash20 0
Oh shit.... We are screwed
meliesFML 0
oh damn , our society is ****** up
kickazz16 15
Looks like it's going downhill 75% of kids fail geography.
dani212 0
I THOUGHT THAT WAS GEOMETRY!!!! Jk :)
kickazz16 15
Let me be more specific. 75% kids fail to locate things on a map.
Jdeluxh 12
Also, 78% of statistics are made up.
Lanceeden 12
Abraham Lincoln said that ^
that_nerdy_sock 3
What an idiot! And most maps have labels, unless you looked for one without it :| Any ways, your teaching idiots.
ShroomsOnAcid 17
Well, not everybody can know everything. Common knowledge to you might not be such for someone else, and vice versa. On the topic of geography, at least knowing where your own country is located, as well as it's neighbors, seems like the bare minimum geography a kid should know. Then again, some children naturally excel in certain areas and greatly lag in others, and it can be quite tough getting them to catch up. It doesn't automatically make him/her an idiot.
5HAD0W 4
*you're
Wavesong 4
In this case... it does. In 9th grade and not being able to locate the sole two countries neighbooring yours? It's not even about not studying enough at this point...
ShroomsOnAcid 17
I agree it's baffling as to how he/she got away with not knowing this for all these years, but it still does not automatically make him/her an idiot, if maybe just a little slow.
HunterDanielle 3
My god. I live in Canada, and I got chewed out by my socials teacher because I didn't know all of the countries on a pre World War One map of Europe. God forbid this kid could tell the difference between Canada & Mexico.
Sonalis 9
Dunno why there are so many YDIs on this one, because people these days really are stupid...
Shrike 24
the ydi's are probably mostly from idiot potheads who saw "anti-drugs" and just hit the "deny reality" button on reflex
ShroomsOnAcid 17
23, You better apologize to Carl Sagan's corpse for implicitly calling him an idiot, NOW.
ShroomsOnAcid 17
Anti drugs speeches? How about some actual, factual education about drugs instead of spending so much money, time, and resources on bullshit "just say no" campaigns? Be it drugs, sex, or even rock&roll, everybody knows those are ineffective at best, and make kids want to rebel even more at worst.
MineDub5253 0
Says Mr: Shrooms on acid...
ShroomsOnAcid 17
Yes, I do say. Please, spare me the ignorance.