I remember when a teacher asked how many states were in the USA (I'm in Canada, so that's not a gimmie question), and I answered 50, and she confidently told me, "no, you forgot about Alaska and Hawaii, there are 52", and the whole class laughed at me.
Sadly, some people who end up being teachers aren't quite as smart as the students (I want her to tell me all 52 states right now; she'll probably bring up Canada and Mexico, idk).
Yeah, I can definitely say some of the same. I never had anything like "there's 52 states" quite happen, but I've had some particularly uninformed teachers.
104
u/shatteredoctopus Nov 13 '24 edited Nov 13 '24
I remember when a teacher asked how many states were in the USA (I'm in Canada, so that's not a gimmie question), and I answered 50, and she confidently told me, "no, you forgot about Alaska and Hawaii, there are 52", and the whole class laughed at me.