School is a formative experience in our lives, and we learn a lot more than just the topics we are taught. These funny educational memes celebrate some of the commonalities we’ve all experienced while learning about the world and how to find our way in it. They've been gathered up by this awesome Instagram account and we've shared our favorites with you here.
There are plenty of memes about the facts we learned about the world, but that’s not all. Many others deal with the social trials and triumphs that we experience as we grow at our schools and with the frustration of learning in systems that may not always be capable of giving each pupil the individual attention they deserve.
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I know the earth is flat, but looking at this picture I see it's got an edge to it also. Is that what is meaning of living on the edge is?
The memeseducational account account has 45,000 followers on Instagram and over 650,000 on Facebook, so they’ve clearly touched on a topic that resonates with many current and former students and pupils. Setting aside homeschooling, which is an often legitimate but very different education path, both private and public schooling options share many problematic and positive commonalities, their differences notwithstanding.
It’s clear that the education system is facing challenges, especially in the US. In the US, school test grades have reached their lowest levels in decades. Students are struggling to completely grasp some of the topics being placed before them and experts are trying to figure out why.
louder, more obnoxiously, violently, and while profiteering. Edison only worked on things that would bring him profit, all Tesla wanted was for EVERYONE to have access to his inventions
One significant impact on the quality of education in the United States has been the COVID pandemic lockdown. Interruptions manifested themselves differently around the world depending on lockdown restrictions and compensation techniques, but in many places, both the quality and quantity of education dropped dramatically. Children had to adjust to learning from home, reduced class time, distractions at home, and other challenges.
I talk like this whenever I attempt to have a phone conversation XD
The COVID pandemic was not the only reason for the drop in the US, however. By all accounts, the downturn in testing grades in the US has gone on for at least a few years prior, hinting at deeper underlying problems in the education system. Similar COVID-related downturns were identified in several EU countries, but their magnitude varied due to vastly different lockdown approaches and, in some cases, available resources.
This meme drives me nuts. We teach both at the high school I work at. Education shouldn't simply be pragmatic. Having a well round education helps people engage more thoughtfully with the world around them.
I was taught how to do a 1080ez form in high-school. We did it one time in the 9th grade. I was reminded that molten rock was magma pretty much every year. It isn't that the material isn't being taught, it's the amount of focus. Personal finance should include more than the most basic tax form and be at least one semester. Compulsory classes should 100% be pragmatic. Pursuing personal interests is what elective are for. I do want to add that I haven't been in school for almost 20 years and can only comment based on my kids current experience, which seems about the same in that front
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How do you pay a mortgage? The mitachondria is the powerhouse of the cell!
Schools teach academic prowess. They expect parents to actually raise their children and teach them life skills. Also, mitochondria is plural, so "are" and "powerhouses"
exactly, school teaches you how to learn, so you can learn in college and in life
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Me: I live in the UK so my taxes are worked out & done for me by my employer.
What Americans have to do there own taxes. I didn't know this, I thought it was just self employed like it is here , (UK also).
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I don’t get it. I use turbo tax and do my own taxes - no educational time required. I’d far rather learn about magma in school. It’s hard enough to motivate kids to do math, and we want to force them to do 1040s?
Not everyone has access to the internet but still have to do taxes. And not everyone can just do a 1040ez, there's lots of complicated tax laws that actually change from year to year
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It always strikes me that the problem isn't the schools not teaching you, it's that the IRS makes it so complicated. Here in the UK it's either calculated, deducted from your wages, and paid to the tax man on your behalf by your employer when you get paid, or if you're self employed then there's a pretty simple online form where you fill in the blanks and it calculates it for you, and you only have to do it manually if you leave it too late.
Taxes are withheld by our employers and paid to the state and federal govt. We are responsible for filing a return which shows if our taxes were over or underpaid. When you start working for a company you fill out a form letting them know how many deductions you want withheld from your paycheck. This is how you could possibly over/underpay. The crazy part (I know, as if the other stuff wasn't crazy) comes in the middle with any extra deductions we may have that can possibly ease any extra tax burden. Paid student loan interest, paid mortgage interest, etc (too many to list.) The good thing is that with IRS FreeFile there are quite a few free tax services online you can use to figure your taxes for you. I won't even get into the self employed.
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They teach taxes and interest in my school from 7th grade onwards
The most stupidest thing the tax office in Australia did, was to tell everyone to put into their tax returns what they think they would earn next year (or something like this, not sure anymore to be honest) BEFORE they have earned it. Someone will correct my stupidity, lol.
Only when it's underground, though. Once it escapes the fiery pit of rock-doom, it's called lava.
I had a 3-month course at the school I was at. I transferred specifically for this course. My goal was to become an internal auditor for taxes. It was a super fun course. The teacher brought in income taxes to do for his friends so we'd have real situations (he copied everything and crossed out the personal stuff). I did taxes and I became an IA but not in taxes. Loved both.
Oh no, a rainbow. I can hear the sound of furious keystrokes coming from mommys basement as I type this.
this is like the meme about someone trying to get a job for like 20 year olds but you need at least 30 years of expirience. LMAO
um technically washington dc is a capitol not a capital, just saying XD
This needs a sneaky 3rd character "Me, who repairs and even improves defective products"
https://www.sciencealert.com/why-do-mirrors-flip-things-horizontally-but-not-vertically-here-s-the-physics
The only thing I ever did with sin, cos, and tan was name a character in a story I wrote. His name is Sintancoslo. XD
The censored word in question (synonym of 'knave') is a slang term for a male sexual organ
The amount of tines Wikipedia has sucked me into a black hole of weird articles. ...
Moving the goats to the other pasture today. One that enjoys eating everything went first. Making all sorts of noises for temporarily leaving his friends. Gets to new pasture noises are extremely muffled through massive mouthfuls of his favorite food to munch on. Basically this exact picture
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These were good! And I didn't notice any repeats from other articles!
I did, but not very many. Much better ratio than normal.
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These were good! And I didn't notice any repeats from other articles!
I did, but not very many. Much better ratio than normal.
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