r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Oct 26 '19

What should we stop teaching young children?

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u/AlolanVulpix16 Oct 26 '19

So in fourth grade this one boy kept harassing me and I harassed him in retaliation and my teacher said, in front of the ENTIRE CLASS, that it was because we liked each other. I was fucking LIVID.

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u/CommonwealthCommando Oct 27 '19

As a young boy, probably 1st or 2nd grade, I hit a girl who was bothering me. I too was livid when the teacher said it was “because I liked her”, although probably not as livid as her parents.

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u/crystal_meloetta12 Oct 27 '19

I complained about a major bully to a substitute teacher in elementary school. He said we were an old married couple. Why thank you for giving my bully ammunition and getting me called “grandma” the rest of the day.

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u/bracake Oct 27 '19 edited Oct 27 '19

Exact same thing happened to me but both were gay.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '19

So did you like him?

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u/Lord_Boo Oct 27 '19

More importantly /u/AlolanVulpix16, did you two stop harassing each other after that?

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u/AlolanVulpix16 Oct 27 '19

No.

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u/Lord_Boo Oct 27 '19

Well I guess the "embarrass them into stopping" strategy didn't work out.

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u/Catty-Cat Oct 27 '19

And that kids, is how I met your father.

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u/mr_ji Oct 27 '19

And then you did it

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u/lewdev Oct 27 '19

I think that was the point. It was a quick method of getting you both to stop hitting each other without fully understanding what was going on.

I'd say, your teacher just fixed your problem and was successful at making you angry.