What is the most stupid thing your teacher has ever told you?

Question

i'm sure we've all (or at least most of us) had a teacher that you can't stand because some of the things they said

Answer 1

My 7th grade teacher invited in a guy she had met on the beach that morning to show us a video about how the Earth was actually flat.  No one asked any questions.  And people think that kids can decide for themselves what is science and what isn't?  Give me a break.

Answer 2

I always had some type of math phobia.

When I was in the 6th grade, my teacher told me that I didn't know anything in front of the class. He repeated it every time I didn't understand how to do something. Instead of teaching me, he ridiculed me. It caused me to not say anything or ask him for help. I learned to just be quiet and fall further behind and this carried over to the later years. Somehow, I barely made it through the required math courses in HS and college. (barely passing of course)

Now, I am proficient in math content to about a 9th grade level (algebra 1) because I teach. I didn't have this content knowledge when I was at that level, though. I had always thought I was stupid because of that teacher. It carried over to adulthood. Luckily, now I don't have that problem anymore but it's amazing the psychological damage that adults can do to children.

Answer 3

Told me that I couldn't be homeschooled unless I was enrolled part time in the public school, and that if I did anything else I'd a) be breaking the law, and b) be unable to go to college...

Now, three years later, I'm graduating highschool early and entering one of the most selective universities in the state.

Answer 4

Teachers are just like everyone else... they say stupid things, too.  You'd think they'd know better, but sometimes you just forget you have an audience and say something off the cuff.  I once had a slap on the back from a principal with a comment that I was about at the end of my rope.    I was once paddled because I failed to do leg lifts correctly in a physical education class.  This was before all the laws protecting students.  I once had a teacher tell me that I was a solid B student... but that just served as a catalyst for me to become an A student.  I just had to prove that teacher's judgment of me to be wrong.

Answer 5

When my son was in 5th grade, I had to go meet with a teacher and principal because my son had been "a know-it-all" in class and disagreed with the teacher.

We didn't have internet back then so I had to take a volume of the encyclopedia with me so that they could each read the entry on anchovies.

It seems this teacher explained to the class that an anchovy is a vegetable and my son immediately corrected her. (we actually like anchovies)   The principal agreed with the teacher that an anchovy is a vegetable (her argument was "they put it on pizza") and sent a note home inviting my presence.

We corrected that problem by use of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Same year, but a couple months later - he hadn't learned not to correct a teacher in class when she proceeded to explain that "Jesus was born on December 25th" - contrary to what he had learned in church just the day before. [no thank you fellow YA! posters - I'm not interested in that debate today]  And again, I had to visit with the principal.  She didn't back the teacher so quickly this time - it's a public school.

That year, my son learned a very valuable lesson for life.  All people in authority aren't always correct.  You don't have to correct them though.    

Nearly 20 years later and you can still ask him about teaching a pig to sing.  'Never try to teach a pig to sing, it wastes your time and annoys the pig'

There's no reason then to think the teacher "stupid" or to be in a position where you "can't stand" her.  Just sit back and enjoy that you (at least this time) know something she doesn't.  Think to yourself - "OINK!"  ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚˜Âº

Answer 6

Haha, this was a coach, but we were on the quiz bowl team and this lady (she was a math teacher) was so ditzy it was unbelieveable.  She wouldn't say dumb things, but we would, and she would always check them.

Example

Coach - what's the capital of Latvia?

Tom - Latvia city

Coach (looks up answer on back of paper) - Nope

Coach - who was the greek god of flowers

Tom - Testacles (pronounced test uh clees)

Coach - (looks up answer) Nope