30 Things That Seemed Normal In School But Are Actually Questionable

Would like to invent a time machine and shake these thoughts and prejudices from my younger self as I would shake a coconut tree. Wish I had the parental guidance I needed at the time, maybe the cringe memories wouldn't haunt me now, years later, when I can't sleep, lol.

Omg so true!

Girl, SAME.

I asked my stepmum about this thinking it was a silly stereotype and sadly she said that it happens way more often than you think.

Most of the nurses I've had while in the hospital have been very caring and efficient.

In my school the kids smoke pot or stole all became policemen.

This is so true. Every single mean girl I know is a nurse.

My oldest sister is an R.N. and she is Satan.

This. I run into people I went to school with and they ask me why I've left social media a few years back. Because I don't want people to know what I'm up to. Or my kids. I don't want to be inundated with sh!t politics and like my privacy. I'd rather be anonymous "Bored Panda".

isn't it kinda dope though? Stay away for long enough to suddenly drop that you now have a master's degree

The only one that I went to high school with that knew my whereabouts was my little sister.

I achieved this goal last year. Apparently whoever was organizing our 20th high school reunion was having trouble finding me (everyone else was on Facebook or Instagram or both). Then they couldn't find my address either to send an invite. They reached out to one of my friends who, bless her, told them she had no idea how to find me.

They didn’t care then, why would they care now

The whole permission to go the toilet thing was more a crowd control issue (or is meant to be). One person goes at a time to prevent friends from just slacking off in the bathroom chatting when they're supposed to be in class. Teachers not allowed students to go to the bathroom as some weird power move are a******s.

Now that you say this… seriously wtf did we put up with.

Back when i was in school I remember our teachers only said no if we were in the middle of a test. They told us that they used to let students go during tests but that people were using that time to cheat.

Not high school, but I peed myself as a 6-year-old in class, because my teacher wouldn't let me use the toilet. I tried as I could to hold in it in, but at some stage, I just couldn’t any more. Of course, I got teased by other children. The memory still haunts me to this day.

I just didn’t use the restroom at school. The bathrooms were gross, anyways. There was never a good time to go, and some classes would give me extra credit if I never went. Also, the hallways were closed at lunch, which had the effect of closing some of the nearby bathrooms.

Also - You should have learned this last year.

I'll admit math was always my worst class. Not only was I horrible at it, I hated math so much. Still do tbh.

i told my teachers I would get a great job and have a calculator. I was right.

wait till there's a global pandemic and you do not understand what the scientists are saying and you go "derp derp aah don't have to have a vaccine! derp derp". because you didn't pay attention to the bit about mitochondria, RNA, etc.

Just wait until you get to University an graduate school where you will learn tons of magical things that will serve you in the world of academia but not in the real world.

I mean, the stuff they do teach is good enough so that you can understand basic concepts. In my country they teach you how to calculate simple & compound interest, how to calculate taxes etc so I guess the school is doing something right

In my state, some kind of financial literacy class is now required for graduation. Higher ups recognized that there was a problem

I graduated HS in 1994, and I was in a class that taught us how to balance a checkbook, what interest rates were & why they mattered, how to file taxes, etc. We must have been the last generation to do that, from everything I hear about this.

Took AP econ my senior year. Learned all about macro and micro, supply and demand, lots about John Maynard Keynes. Nary a mention of what a 1099 is

I won a Tears For Fears album in grade 8 for my square dancing talents.I don't have the album any more but I do have Turbo Tax

we have two cool subjects here that "middle class" people do not appreciate: life orientation, which covers stuff like voting, gender relationships, etc., and maths literacy, which covers stuff like how to calculate how much carpet to buy if your room is 2x4metres etc. (SA).

In my county Econ (taxes included) are required either to graduate or graduate with an advanced diploma idk which one. I took it my sophomore year

Public school in Australia: nutbush. now. nutbush or die.