Book smarts

By Anonymous - 05/07/2016 16:19 - United States - South Sioux City

Today, my teacher marked a test question wrong, even though I was sure I got it right, so I went online to check. I found a government-approved website showing proof that my answer was correct. My teacher still counted it wrong, because, "We follow the book." That book's older than I am. FML
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That teacher follows the same logic as my ultra-religious parents.

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It the course is science, that book is only good for fire starter

Go above your teacher's head - to the principal (if high school) or Department Chair/Dean (if college).

That just shows that things we learn in school are lies

that's what school is. they aren't teaching us things. just how to remember info and regurgitate it onto paper a few days later

I can't be the only one who wants to know what the question was???

Motto of a lot of religions. And those books are even older, too

feel for you OP, This is THE MAJOR PROBLEM IN EDUCATION TODAY. Books that were printed in the 80s(my grade school time) ARE STILL BEING USED in many schools across the country They are way outdated, as most have had things in them proven to be wrong and needs to be updated. Without doing this we as a whole(The USA) are promoting ignorance of truth & facts. And that pisses me off even more because 99% of the population is carrying a computer in their pocket and can fact check ANYTHING AT ANYTIME but don't because "THE NEWS SAYS IT" so it MUST BE TRUE.