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I'm praying for you.
*sighs* today's youth.
I think the students are in more need of the prayers
That's what school is for eh?
When students are in AP classes, I believe it's kind of expected that they know certain things. It's not up to schools to teach kids everything. Probably why they always make them do current events projects, to get them familiar with looking at newspapers and media.
And I thought I was stupid (x no wait, I am.
ohk
*facepalm*
*fcaeplam*
*palmface*
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*famplace*
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That answer is going viral.
Im thinking they know that, and they're joking around since Ebola originated in West Africa.
thanks sir. buzz Killington
OP needs to step up his teaching and find ways to get through with these kids. If all of them knew the right answer, he wouldn't need to be teaching them, right? My point is this reflects far more on the teacher(s) than the students, since this is exactly what OP should've covered already (countries and their cultures - a quick overview) :-/
Ebola didn't originate in West Africa, it was first discovered in Zaire in the 70s, which is in Central Africa
And Yambuku, the town where it was discovered, was definitively in the central region
From my past experiences, AP classes don't have the lesson taught to you. You're expected to go home and self-teach yourself from the textbook. The teacher is really only there to add on to what he/she expects you to already know (based off of what you learned) and to basically just lecture you. You take all the notes and everything by yourself, basically.
I see what you did there!
Rucks rucka ali
"Ebola! Don't touch your friends!"
No.
Maybe those students will get to visit Ebola?
And this is why I have no faith in humanity
A long comment may not be necessary, but I always get upset when people say stuff like this. If both of your faiths in humanity can be taken away by something so menial then you didn't have much faith in humanity in the first place. Seriously. It says several classmates thought that. Several is defined as "more than two, but not many." I bet most of the students in the class knew that Ebola wasn't a country. Also, just because some kids thought Ebola was a country doesn't even mean anything. Who hasn't thought a stupid mistake like that? A good example would be any episode of Jeopardy or any game show where a contestant was owning shit and then messed up on a question so obvious.
#35, that long comment was totally necessary. I hate when people comment about them having no faith in humanity.
Pretty sure 12 year olds still can't take AP History
Well obviously the disease was named after the country. What else?
Poverty and starvation obviously.
It is indeed named after a geographical location in Africa (the Ebola river). Not sure if that makes it much better.
"OMG YOU GOT THE DJIBOUTI VIRUS!"
Nigeria.
Maybe take your pupils and do a class trip to Ebola?
There is an Ebola River. That's what it's named after.
sounds spooky :S
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That answer is going viral.
I'm wondering what they thought the disease was....