By sushipanda9 - 21/10/2014 00:07 - United States - Gainesville

Today, I volunteered to tutor a 17-year-old girl in science. I had to explain in detail of what the real Big Bang theory was, as she only knew about the show. Later, I heard I was reported by her because apparently, "I was trying to convert her to Scientology." I now know why she needed a tutor. FML
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Hey, OP here, anyways I did meet with her today again and of course I had to explain some stuff about the confusion yesterday. I told her the true definition of Scientology which cleared some confusion up. Then I told her that she didn't have to believe in the Big Bang theory but she should at least know it and have a decent grasp on it. She basically shot back "I don't really need to know about it, it's ONLY a theory..." which forced me to explain the actual definition of a scientific theory to her , and I came up with examples such as Cell theory, how parts of gravity are considered theories, Molecular theory, several theories in mathematics, and a bunch of other scientific theories. I knew this would slightly upset her but I didn't expect her to shoot back "You're going to hell if you keep preaching Satan's word. You need Jesus, I don't know what you learned but the Bible has the truth that you need to know." Now that I think about it, I'd rather tutor teenagers who come from higher academic backgrounds ...

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neppy 6

I feel sorry for that girl, she's indoctrinated to the extreme... I'm surprised her parents even allowed you to be her tutor since you're explaining so many dangerous ideas to her!

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rocker_chick23 27

Wow, that girl is not going to go far in life.

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mylifebitches666 18

How did she make it this far? Not just in school but in life.

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worldclassrager 39

I don't know if three years of science applies to Florida like it did were I was in school...but I skipped over that section of silence due to my beliefs...maybe she should as well

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LilyZombie 8

If you honestly chose to skip a major part of your basic education just because you belong to a church, you are not a wise person. You can be a "good Christian" and have an education, most people know how to separate the two. you can still be devout in your beliefs while being educated on scientific theories and facts about the world around you. learning how nature works or the structure and interactions of atoms isn't going to interfere with your spiritual beliefs. TL; DR it's when someone rejects education just because of the religious belief they have that you end up with the Westboro Baptist Church or a lot of people spreading easily disproven ideas about what lightning is. :/

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sushipanda9 4

It really depends on your school, I mean hers was a regular high school but I wasn't educated in the standard high school curriculum, so I don't know about the three years part. I was in the IB which basically required you to take AP/Pre-IB/IB Science classes (and every other subject) for all four years , which eventually led to around 48 college credits upon high school graduation. Anyways, I don't think you can actually skip a science course due to your belief system, in IB HL Biology you go deep into evolution at one point no matter what belief system you follow. But I looked over a typical high school Biology textbook the other day and it contained little to no units on evolution or etc. When I was tutoring her, the Big Bang theory didn't actually appear on her textbook , I just wanted to go through a review of basic scientific concepts before I started tutoring her and that's where I mentioned it.

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Crazycucumbers 8

I think she has the wrong definition of Scientology. She probably thinks that it has to do with believing in science, like the name implies.

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I'madumbass 19

Yup. I drive past a Scientology church due to a disorder (epilepsy) that requires me to go to a hospital once a year. I have had to do this since I was a baby. Took me 13 years to figure out that "Scientology" is actually a strong religious belief system and not a deep, complex study of science, the world, and evolution. Lol

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howsthisforaname 34

Common sense is so rare it should be classed as a super power.

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23lf 16

I remember back when I was in 8th grade I switched schools and almost slapped the stupid out'a EVERYONE.

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granCanyon 12

It's not really their fault. Children learn from their environment. If there's no intellectual stimulation from the environment it's unlikely the child will become an erudite. If she lives in a house where nobody reads books or even talk about intellectual topics it's not surprising that she ended up completely ignorant.

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Astrum14 24

Common sense is a myth. People know what they have been taught, and to an extent what they are able to extrapolate from what they have been taught. And even then, often as not things that you extrapolate can be wrong, even though it seems like it should be right based on what you do know.

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skittyskatbrat 19

Time to ask the principal or whomever you were "reported" to for a conference with her and them present. Then ask her to define Scientology to the principal. With you there. And then laugh. There is always a risk that your principal is an idiot (and it would not be the first time) and thinks the Big Bang is "just" a theory and other stupid shit. But most likely, you'll get an apology for it from him if you were at all impacted by her false report. And with a LOT of luck, she'll get a few days suspension for lying. Stupidity should be painful.

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