Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhat's the wrongest thing a teacher ever told you?message-squaremessage-square269fedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down19
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the wrongest thing a teacher ever told you?Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square269fedilink
minus-squarethatsTheCatch@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month 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-up7·1 month agoIf she was the math teacher, that should cost her the role.
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoIf you remember this the next time we loop around, ask her what 100 times 10 is supposed to be then.
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.
If you remember this the next time we loop around, ask her what 100 times 10 is supposed to be then.