Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhat's the wrongest thing a teacher ever told you?message-squaremessage-square262fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down15
arrow-up1131arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the wrongest thing a teacher ever told you?Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square262fedilink
minus-squarethatsTheCatch@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 hours agoNot very important but I remember it strangely well. I was 8 years old. My teacher asked “What is one hundred times one hundred?” I raised my hand and said “Ten thousand!” “No, it’s one thousand. Ten times ten is one hundred, and one hundred times one hundred is one thousand.” “But… It’s ten thousand. Can I show you on a calculator?” “No! Sit down, it’s one thousand. I’m the teacher, I should know.” I later got a calculator and showed her and she didn’t apologise.
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 hours agoIf she was the math teacher, that should cost her the role.
Not very important but I remember it strangely well.
I was 8 years old. My teacher asked “What is one hundred times one hundred?”
I raised my hand and said “Ten thousand!”
“No, it’s one thousand. Ten times ten is one hundred, and one hundred times one hundred is one thousand.”
“But… It’s ten thousand. Can I show you on a calculator?”
“No! Sit down, it’s one thousand. I’m the teacher, I should know.”
I later got a calculator and showed her and she didn’t apologise.
If she was the math teacher, that should cost her the role.