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I am sure everybody was put through some fun in school, rich n tasty strangeness by teachers.

When I was in the fouth grade we were given a debate topic by our teacher. He was a bit flakey, a real treehugger type. I swear we must have studied rainforest deforestation for three months. I don't seem to remember learning any math, English or history that year. Anyway, the debate was about nukes. The teacher put it in these terms. Should The US spend more money to build nuclear missles or more money to build hospitals. There were about thirty kids in my class, I ended up being the sole pro-nuke kid. About half the class wanted more hospitals and the rest sat around doodling, bored stiff. I argued that we could build all the hospitals we want but if a nuclear war happened they were all going to burn anyway so why waste money on them. But if we built more nukes we could be assured of wiping out those commies!
That one earned me a lecture and counciling by the principle. They called my folks and wanted to know if we had any problems at home. My father blew a gasket and was yelling over the phone at the principle.
Sweeeet memories. Honestly, remembering that stuff gives me a good chuckle.

Anyone else have some good fun back in the day? Or how bout you present schoolies, Any school strangeness recently?

Anyone else have some good fun back in the day?
My 8th grade history teacher was interesting...
he was ultraconservative. He was also pretty stupid and a blind devotee sort, meaning he couldn't keep his politics out of his teaching, as he couldn't keep that many trains of thought going at once.

He did some interesting things, like one incident involving Wicca where he claimed it was not a religion. He refused to take the dictionary definition because "he didn't believe it", and said he defined religion as worshipping God(as in the Christian God). Hmm, that makes most religions no longer religions. Then, he claimed that in the Wiccan holy book it said to sacrifice children, which is all the funnier when you realize that Wiccans don't really have a holy book. His next claim was that all Wiccans are homosexual and should be killed because of that.

I wrote an essay on Wicca when he asked for everyone to write essays on religions, but he gave me a zero since he said "I already told you Wicca isn't really a religion!"
:headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

Good times. Or rather, amazingly bad times.

My 8th grade history teacher was interesting...
he was ultraconservative. He was also pretty stupid and a blind devotee sort, meaning he couldn't keep his politics out of his teaching, as he couldn't keep that many trains of thought going at once.

He did some interesting things, like one incident involving Wicca where he claimed it was not a religion. He refused to take the dictionary definition because "he didn't believe it", and said he defined religion as worshipping God(as in the Christian God). Hmm, that makes most religions no longer religions. Then, he claimed that in the Wiccan holy book it said to sacrifice children, which is all the funnier when you realize that Wiccans don't really have a holy book. His next claim was that all Wiccans are homosexual and should be killed because of that.

I wrote an essay on Wicca when he asked for everyone to write essays on religions, but he gave me a zero since he said "I already told you Wicca isn't really a religion!"
:headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

Good times. Or rather, amazingly bad times.

heh heh. . .mmmmmm. Did your folks back you up on the report or did you not bother?

heh heh. . .mmmmmm. Did your folks back you up on the report or did you not bother?
My parents would most likely have said something like "Why are you doing a report on Wicca? Wiccans are evil and they're going to Hell!"
So I didn't bother.

One time in a chemistry practical, I made some tear gas, It being the first time I had tried this, I rather misjudged things. So there I was, staggering towards the fume cupboard with a flask gushing thick clouds of CS held at arm's length in front of me in an attempt to dispose of the evidence. With 30 or so kids cowering under lab benches all around, tears streaming from their eyes. At this point, the chemistry master (an ex-Colonel in the Royal Artillery) returns to the lab from his fag break.

"Oh bugger", I thought to myself as he looks me in the eye and smiled.

"You know," he remarked conversationally to me, "boys aren't as resilient as when I was young. Do continue."

One of my very favourite teachers. If we ever wanted a break from a chemistry lesson, I would ask him something about quantum electron states. He would hurumph for a while, announce that that was a 'bloody good question that deserved a bloody good reply', and disappear down the pub for the rest of the lesson on the pretext of consulting his reference library. All very amicable.

at school my freinds and i are continuously thinking of stunts to pull

I win. I went to a private Christian school for a couple of years. Basically we'd just arrived from South Africa and didn't know the schools around.

So I wound up at this crazy arse school run by these ultra-conservative baptists. UGH! They're SO a cult.

But yes, they are basically fundamentalists. On camp we weren't allowed to wear any tops that showed midriff. I had hardly any clothes to wear! (Mainly because I'm a tall girl, and m tops lift up...) We weren't allowed to discuss the outside world, like our music, movies and stuff. Nothing rated higher than like G was shown on camps...

Thankfully I escaped to a public school later, where the teachers may have been nutty, but at least they were pleasantly crazy. My chem teacher made a flamethrower and brought it in to class to show us. He also figured out that it you run a current through a gherkin, it glows.

My history teacher in year 11 never turned up to class, and there was a rumour going around that he made up his wife because he wanted to get some time off work. See, we had never seen his wife. She had never come to formals or anything... But I'm sure "his Cathy" really exists...

My parents would most likely have said something like "Why are you doing a report on Wicca? Wiccans are evil and they're going to Hell!"
So I didn't bother.

Pity. I don't have kids yet but if I do and they come home with a zero for a crap reason like that I am going to have a chat with the teacher.

I went to a private Christian school, my last year one of the teachers told us to be prepared for the evils of university. That the professors would mock our religion and that our best defense would be to mock them back. I walked out of that talk just flabbergasted. I saw another teacher later and told him my impression of the crap we were just fed, he nodded and said he hadn't been very impressed either.

Heh, I remember when we had "Anti-Spirit" week. Good times. We had fliers and such that we hung all over the school. They read something like this...

Monday: Trenchcoat day
Tuesday: Rostifarian day
.... well, you get the idea.

we once nought in a copy of the 2nd geneva convention and insisted that if we are to be treated like P.O.Ws then we should be allowed to meet the swiss commision and receive cans of Kilm

Two of my favourite teacher quotations:

"Freddy Mercury died because he was touched by a bad man."

"Having sex with a condom is like eating a Mars Bars with the rapper on" (you had to see the teacher who said this to get the full horror).


Other various things, one of my History teachers threatened not to teach me because I read the Guardian. I was given no marks on a question on Thomas Aquinas because I said that his 'prime mover' theory may be wrong. I annoyed a lecture theory by saying that I would commit treason (in the manner of the American Revolutionaries rather then selling the country out to another). I raised eyebrows by taking issue with the lecturer when he said that Satanists sacrifice things.

This back in 4th grade. I brought in a newsweek magazine. Yes, a newsweek magazine. I needed to do the homework I had forgotten. Anyways, someone comes up to me, and asks if he could have it. I gave it to him, seeing as how I had already finished my homework. So during Social Studies, my friend is caught staring at a chick inside the magazine.

I had newsweek confiscated, but didn't get into any trouble because my HR teacher didn't give a crap.

I am sure everybody was put through some fun in school, rich n tasty strangeness by teachers.

When I was in the fouth grade we were given a debate topic by our teacher. He was a bit flakey, a real treehugger type. I swear we must have studied rainforest deforestation for three months. I don't seem to remember learning any math, English or history that year. Anyway, the debate was about nukes. The teacher put it in these terms. Should The US spend more money to build nuclear missles or more money to build hospitals. There were about thirty kids in my class, I ended up being the sole pro-nuke kid. About half the class wanted more hospitals and the rest sat around doodling, bored stiff. I argued that we could build all the hospitals we want but if a nuclear war happened they were all going to burn anyway so why waste money on them. But if we built more nukes we could be assured of wiping out those commies!
That one earned me a lecture and counciling by the principle. They called my folks and wanted to know if we had any problems at home. My father blew a gasket and was yelling over the phone at the principle.
Sweeeet memories. Honestly, remembering that stuff gives me a good chuckle.

Anyone else have some good fun back in the day? Or how bout you present schoolies, Any school strangeness recently?
Just a short reply to your nuke argument - if there happens a nuclear war, the US and the rest of the world, would die in nuclear winter. I'm sure those "commies" i.e. Russia or China, are not as defenseless as you think they are, thus why the US are not invading them to spread their oh-so-great freedom to the Russians and Chinese. You'd get assraped by them real good.

Imo, nukes in the amounts the US has them, are a waste of money and space. There is never going to be a nuclear war, since those with the power, know what the result would be.

Best example of propaganda on a large scale are those damned pep rallies! We just had one at our school, thankfully it wasn't as bad as the other half dozen or so pep rallies over the year...

But yeah, same crap. They talk about how our sports teams are great, lionizing the players, making anyone who doens't play sports look bad, and downplaying academic successes.

Thoughout this entire thing, I was thinking "Wtf am I doing here?"

The chanting...the cheers...the applause...the bullshit comentary...Drove me insane!

Ein Deutscher']Imo, nukes in the amounts the US has them, are a waste of money and space. There is never going to be a nuclear war, since those with the power, know what the result would be.
But if the US had no nukes, wouldn't that no longer be the result?

Best example of propaganda on a large scale are those damned pep rallies! We just had one at our school, thankfully it wasn't as bad as the other half dozen or so pep rallies over the year...

But yeah, same crap. They talk about how our sports teams are great, lionizing the players, making anyone who doens't play sports look bad, and downplaying academic successes.

Thoughout this entire thing, I was thinking "Wtf am I doing here?"

The chanting...the cheers...the applause...the bullshit comentary...Drove me insane!
I must say, I find that whole culture bewildering...
I mean, our rugby, cricket or netball teams aren't idolised like that. It's just weird.

I must say, I find that whole culture bewildering...
I mean, our rugby, cricket or netball teams aren't idolised like that. It's just weird.
It baffles me too. Something that really sums all the weirdness up is this:
"You really like gorillas?
We've got just the pet for you
It's the way you're forced to act
To survive our schools

Make your whole life revolve around sports
Walk tough-don't act too smart
Be a mean machine
Then we'll let you get ahead

Jock-O-Rama-Save my soul
We're under the thumb of the Beef Patrol
The future of America is in their hands
Watch it roll over Niagara Falls
Pep rally in the holy temple
And you're forced to go
Masturbate en masse
With the favored religious cult
Cheerleaders yell-"Ra Ra Team"
From the locker room parades the prime beef
When archaeologists dig this up
They'll either laugh or cry

Jock-O-Rama-On the brain
Redneck-a-thon drivin' me insane
The future of America is in their hands
Watch it roll over Niagara Falls
Unzip that old time religion
On the almighty football field
Beerbellies of all ages
Come to watch the gladiators bleed
"Now boys, this game ain't played for fun
You're going out there to win
How d'ya win?
Get out there
And snap the other guy's knee!"

Beat 'em up! Beat 'em up!
Ra Ra Ra
Snap those spinal cords
Ha Ha Ha

The star quarterback lies injured
Unconscious on the football field
Looks like his neck's been broken
Seems to happen somewhere every year

His mom and dad clutch themselves and cry
Their favorite son will never walk again
Coach says, "That boy gave a hundred percent
What spirit
What a man"

But who cares?
Games over-Let's go get wasted man
To the 7-11, to the liquor store
Let's party all night and party some more

Another Trans-Am
Wrapped itself around a telephone pole
"I ain't drunk, officer
I just fell gettin' out of my car"

Don't worry about it, son
We were that way when we were young
You've got all the skills
To make a damn good businessman

Jock-O-Rama-that's the law
Come lick the butts of the Beef Patrol
If the future of America is handed to them
Watch it roll over Niagara Falls"
"Jock-O-Rama (http://www.deadkennedys.com/mp3s/DeadKennedys_JockORama.mp3)", by the Dead Kennedys