Random Thoughts.....What Are You Thinking?

As far as I'm concerned homework is a bad excuse for not teaching in the class.

Then again classes are too short, and too repetitive over the years, and the school years are too short.

So the entire system is borked.

Bonus Bitching: When I was in third grade, my teacher literally had me put on Ritalin. How? No idea, the doctor didn't want to do it. I ended up a zombie at school and a depressed emotional wreck after it wore off. I was forced to take meds against my will. I wish I had some now, I had a nice figure back then.

In fourth grade, I got Pokemon Blue. I don't remember exactly why this happened but the teacher talked my mom into letting the teacher keep my Game Boy Monday through Friday. I was given it back on Friday and had to turn it in to the school counselor on Monday. I really need to get my mom back for that.

I think I've learned from being in that school, not so much the stuff they taught, but I learned to recognize shitty parenting and that my mom should've told them to kiss her ***.

As for the third grade teacher, she's no longer a teacher. She owns a store in town that sells turquoise jewellery and stuff like that. Saw her on the news one morning, he store had been broken into and robbed over night. I laughed.

Homework is a tool of the devil.

I had all day classes from 1st to 5th grade. In High School, we weren't even given homework. Only AP classes gave it and I was too lazy for that.

Ugh, I hated that AP calc in high school had summer homework. Luckily I love math. I couldn't imagine doing that for the other smart classes, especially English. I only did AP calc and honors physics. That was enough for me.

I liked Biology and History.

Then tell me about the history of biology.

OH! In third grade, we were given an assignment to pick an animal and tell about its natural environment. I decided to get fancy and use hamsters. I think the breed I used was originally from New Zealand. The teacher failed me because hamsters are pets, they don't have natural habitats! The ignorance in that statement makes me shake my head to this day.

I found it funny that in third grade, my doctor was forced by my school to put me on ritalin, citing ADD as a reason and in fourth grade my Game Boy was taken because I played Pokemon too much. /shrug

Schizm, have you ever explored the world outside of youtube?

My introduction to US History I freshman year of high school, was for some reason, I decided to write some far out essay for our first essay assignment. It was something about how life would have been during the time of George Washington. It was supposed to be 2-4 pages. I had 6 pages of how GW was kidnapped by aliens in the future in order to drive up the price of gold in present. After the teacher claimed that the essay would be hermetically sealed and sent to the psychologist, I then did every essay just as far out. Got a B for the class too.

My writings were so 'interesting' he had other classes view them and decided what grade to give me each time. The teacher was some stoner hippie too, so that helped, lol.

Washington in first year? Do you guys not study ancient history in USA?

don't think they are allowed to teach anything before the colonies (?) lol

That's considered ancient history. Only starts off with a quick gloss over of the puritans and Plymouth Rock. Tested on the lead up to the revolutionary war and so forth.

We start from the Phoenicians or so lol.

My High School had an Early Western Civilization Class. Covered Greece through the Renaissance.

Middle School covered Mesopotamia -> Ancient Egypt

Another essay I remember, was how Ben Franklin tried to create a new species of humans by getting kangaroos to mate with humans. That one was a big hit.

Teachers in English used to ask me things they didn't know. One day, classes were required to give a test, we got a spelling test but were allowed to choose our own words. My choice was antidisestablishmentarianism. A stoner friend of mine followed up with paraphernalia.

Greek history was taught in English (or reading) class as mythology.

That's crazy.

We had a literature class that covered Greek Mythology. But our Civilization class taught us about their culture and government.

Scratch that, the Sumerians.

what's that

I have a bottle of tequila and some coors+lime, come on over

one day, before going to school I decided to stay a few more mins at home while I skipped my 1st class ate cereal and watched cartoons.

Animaniacs went on.
they made fun of USA History.

later that day, on History class, surprise quiz.
Didn't study.
few of those questions, knew the answer because it came up in Animaniacs...


skipping Math that day? WORTH!

The closet thing our high school had to world history, or even world politics was 10th grade, I think, one of our football coaches taught the class. It was called World Cultures or something like that. It was mainly about food from around the world with an occasional description of the race of people that inhabited the place. I honestly don't remember too much because I got an automatic A and was allowed to cut class often as long as I didn't get caught.

Oh wait I do remember one thing. For some reason that year everyone had to do like 6 hours of approved community service to pass it. I opted for the cash option, which was $50 for every 2 hours. I think he labeled it as raising money for some cause, but I know he just pocketed the money.