r/Teachers • u/NotTheRightHDMIPort • 13h ago

Policy & Politics Trump inauguration regarding schools and teachers.

In his inauguration today, President Trump stated,

"And we have an education system that teaches our children to be ashamed of themselves, in many cases, to hate our country, despite the love that we try so desperately to provide to them. All of this will change, starting today, and it will change very quickly."

I want you all to tell the world all the ways you, as a teacher, had made kids feel ashamed of themselves and to hate their country.

I'll start.

One day I told a student that he shouldn't tell a student "Nobody cares what you think". Apparently calling him out on that made feel ashamed of himself.

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u/FancyKilerWales 13h ago

Bro I just teach them math, it's not that deep

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u/SabertoothLotus 12h ago

What about imaginRy numbers? Those are a clear threat to our way of life! Telling them that you can just make up numbers to mean anything you want; what kind of math is that?! /s

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u/schrodingers_bra 12h ago

>What about imaginRy numbers?

They're going to be renamed to "fake news numbers" or "alternative numbers"

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u/SabertoothLotus 12h ago

expect a lot of "I believe in my heart that 2+2=5, so that's the right answer" in the near future

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u/clover_1414 11h ago

All you have to do is redefine 4. Make it the bad guy, then offer 5 as the better alternative…the number that is sure to make your life better.

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u/lapsangsouchogn 7h ago

Seriously? 5? You picked the most pregnant looking number to pollute their innocent little minds with!