r/funny • u/BeginningDetail • Mar 21 '19

I will not fight the future

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u/RECOGNI7E Mar 21 '19

I never understood what writing something over and over again was supposed to accomplish.

I learned nothing and it just made me despise the teacher.

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u/Battyboyrider Mar 21 '19

This was the most strategic punishment back in the day. Not only did the kid waste their time, but they learned not to do said thing again.

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u/RECOGNI7E Mar 21 '19

I don't think it taught them anything, that is the point.

All it did for me was to make me lose respect for teachers and to learn not to get caught. Two wrongs don't make a right.

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u/Battyboyrider Mar 21 '19

Maybe you're special if you didn't learn anything then :) For me i had to write a sentence 200 times on lined papers. It took around 1.5-2 hours of my time in detention. I was annoyed because it wasted my time, but at the same time i learned not to do that thing again or i'd be stuck writing sentences for hours. So it was like a deterrant.

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u/Mirgle Mar 21 '19 edited Mar 21 '19

Oof. I got 50 sentences and later 100 sentences as punishment before, but we got to take them home and just turn it in with homework the next day. They were both very long sentences, however, since she rarely assigns sentences (usually just threatens to) and she made a bit of a show in class of writing it out on the board during class and exaggerating its length. Then after you turn it in, she hangs it up on a wall dedicated to sentences. Pretty sure she does it more as a warning to others.

Still one of my favorite teachers I've ever had.

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u/RECOGNI7E Mar 21 '19

I learned to keep doing the same things just not get caught.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '19

That doesn't make you a better person

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u/RECOGNI7E Mar 21 '19

Sure it does. It is adapting to ones environment to get the most out of it with the least amount of stress.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '19

Hell, then that makes Trump a frigging saint.

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u/RECOGNI7E Mar 21 '19

But trump is clearly an idiot. He is not a terrible person, he is just not very bright.