My third grade teacher wasn’t too bright, but she was a great story reader. She did all the dialects in a loud, raucous voice. We ate it up. One day she was reading a story — I have no idea what it was — and someone made reference to a “shotgun wedding“. Maybe it was in the story, but equally likely was that someone in the class just asked her because they’d heard the term.
She boldly looked right at us — and lied. (more…)
My third grade teacher was a lot of fun. But she wasn’t too smart. The best thing I learned in third grade was that I was smarter than my teacher. That’s also the worst thing I learned. (more…)
I always heard when I was a kid that if you swallowed bubblegum it would remain in your system for 7 years. Some versions of the story said it lasted “forever”. I didn’t fear these much since I heard all this from children.
When I was three or four years old — this is one of my earliest memories — I saw two teenage girls walking down my street wearing tiny bikinis. (more…)
I have a list of fallacies taught to me by adults in my youth which I will attempt to catalog in the category (click on the Fallacies link). Some of them were jokes, some were sincere beliefs, and some were stated in science books. All were lies.
Lesson learned: Never lie to children.