When I was in the third grade, I had a teacher tell me it was okay we pushed the natives off the land because we made more efficient use of it, and could therefore carry a greater population.

In the previous grade the teacher passed around a worksheet, and we had to choose which jobs were most suited to what gender.

Oh what a glorious whitebread bublefuck town I grew up in!

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

My second grade teacher taught us the civil war was because of a disagreement over state's rights.

The same teacher marked me and a few other students down for completing a subtraction assignment using negative numbers. She explained we were supposed to be confused and write that we couldn't do it.

Edit: I forgot one! My third grade teacher marked me down for not knowing how much a hen weighed. It wasn't a joke. Apparently there was a rule of thumb for estimating chicken weight. Any kids who weren't raised on a farm missed the question.

[–] calmblue75@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

we were supposed to be confused and write that we couldn't do it.

Is this a US specific thing? In our schools, they taught us stuff, then took a test to see how much of it got inside our head. I can't imagine a test having a question about a topic which is not taught yet. It feels like straight up bullying by the system. We send kids to school to learn things, not to get bullied for not knowing things they haven't even been taught yet.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 hours ago

I was raised in an exceedingly rural area of an already rural state. My school district was rated amongst the worst in the nation, so my experience was more indicative of the worst 1980s US had to offer. It was bad then, but not usually that bad.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I remember in 7th grade social studies (on the edge of the SF bay area in the 90s for crab godssake) we had to do a little assignment where we made up pros and cons of slavery.

the pros i made up were absolute bullshit "uh maybe the technology was better in the states than africa so even with slavery quality of life improved? that doesn't sound right but maybe i don't know" racist fucking ass shit turd bull fuck assignment.

sorry i'm like 10 years behind on my swears i got some catching up to do

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, but pros to slavery?? jfc.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

yeah like can you help me think up some swears i'm really tired comrade

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 27 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

my mom didn't want me playing pokemon because it "taught evolution"

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 20 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Its weird cuz evolution in Pokemon is more akin to metamorposes or even just basic puberty except theres sometimes 1 extra step XD

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

How fun would it be to have an entirely breeding focused game of Pokemon that was about evolution, though? You want an ivysaur? Selectively breed these bulbasaurs that kind of look more like an ivysaur!

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Pal world was kinda like that. Might be worth checking out. I had fun with it

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 11 points 12 hours ago

this was not lost on little ol gradeschool me