had to correct my coteacher a couple of times this morning.

[ulysses]

No, the Nazis weren't Communists. No, Japan wasn't Communist.

Nice lady, but just damn.

[annabanana]

1. yikes!. . What age group do you co-teach?

I'm glad you're in there with her do undo the damage...

[ulysses]

3. 5th grade.

I hate to add to the "teachers are idiots" meme here, but I have to vent.

[blm]

32. can I send my daughter to you next school year? ;)

.

[madaboutharry]

2. I hope she doesn't think the Sun revolves around the Earth.

[ulysses]

4. I generally get to do the science.

Happily.

[ellenfl]

17. if that pic is harry, i totally agree with your user name. eom

[etherealtruth]

5. ****cringe****

[elehhhhna]

6. my kids 5th grade history teech thought Anne Frank was still alive because

how else could we have her diary?

Beanie fought him on it and stood her ground, explaining that Mom had just visited the Anne Frank Huas in Amsterdam.

[Fumesucker]

7. How old is your coteacher?

And does she hold a degree?

[ulysses]

8. mid-40s, and yes. n/t

[slackmaster]

10. Wow. I wouldn't be as shocked if she was in her 20s.

:argh:

[ulysses]

she's a nice Christian lady

who, by her own admission today, lumps fascists and communists in the same historical lump.

[Fumesucker]

15. Perhaps it would be educational to show her Rev Niemoller's quote..

It has quite an impact..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came...

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak out.


Edited for speling.

[ulysses]

16. fair point.

Niemoller may be the focus of an object lesson on Monday.

[sakabatou]

18. Someone obviously doesn't know socio-politics then

[Fumesucker]

13. Damn..

I'm flabbergasted..

How can we expect our children to be well educated if some of our teachers are so ignorant?

Thank you for imparting a little wisdom to the kids you teach.

[slampoet]

9. I had a teacher who in 1986 told me slave were happy before Lincoln freed them.

He also was allowed to use the Term "Darkies".

Thank you for standing up as a teacher.

I had to stand up to him as a student and eventually he had other students beat me shitless for it.

[etherealtruth]

11. As is true in every profession ...

1/2 graduated in the bottom 50% of their class.

[slackmaster]

12. Ask her if it was over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor

:nuke:

[Fumesucker]

14. Word..

[keroro gunsou]

22. forget it

he's rolling...

[EFerrari]

19. Oh, dear.

Well, that was nice of you.

[Usrename]

20. Oh, my!

Next the terrorists will be Communist.

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. Well look what the cat dragged in!!

How ya been friend? :hug:

[ulysses]

27. :)

Fine here - how are things with you? :hi:

[bvar22]

23. Sounds like another graduate from:

:dunce: The Sarah Palin Conservative College of Advanced Public Ignorance:dunce:

[LeftyMom]

24. Stories like that make me glad my kid is homeschooled.

I'm just not willing to leave him with somebody for 30+ hours a week with no way of verifying, at the very minimum, that they're not a moron.

[KILL THE WISE ONE]

25. as TEXAS forces the text book publishers to re write history, this will grow

want to see our future watch idiocacracy

[Leftist Agitator]

26. You need to tell the kids you teach not to listen to anything this lady says...

Because she's clearly an idiot.

[Raineyb]

28. This ignorant git is allowed to teach?

The future looks bleaker every day.

[newspeak]

29. since I love history

I'd discuss history with my children, and I have lots of books on politics and history. Anyway, in high school, my daughter was challenging her history teacher all of the time. One time it was on monotheism. The teacher stated that judaism was the first monotheistic religion, and she challenged it with the egyptians new religion worshiping Atun. I think she gave her teachers headaches, but she loved debating--she's out of the military now, and I'm trying to convince her to continue studies into law.

[Gman2]

30. That is not a mistake. The repukes have lumped Hitler, Stalin, and every other

dictator into the left camp.

[ulysses]

31. yeah, I know.

There's also the camp that thinks the Nazis were socialist because of the name. With her, I think it was just confusion and the idea that bad=communist.