No doubt about it, kids learn a lot of dumb stuff when they are growing up.
Stuff that could and does affect them later in life.
So maybe it’s best that some of that stuff fall by the wayside, you know?
Check out the ridiculous things AskReddit users think are still being taught to the young ones.
1. That’s odd…
“In Denmark the abc song consists of 28 letters because we didnt used to count W for some reason.
However, now we obviously do count the W but the song was never updated and many adults thinks me an idiot when i say there are 29 letters in our alphabet.”
2. Hmmm…
“That if you are being bullied the two best solutions are:
Tell your teacher
Sit down with the bully and explain how hurtful their words are.”
3. Yes, it does.
“‘It doesnt matter who started it’
Such bullsh**t. It absolutely matters who started it. If you punish a child for arguing/fighting over something they didn’t start, the child will be confused and rightly so.
It goes against everything we tell children about fairness and rule of law.”
4. A big one.
“In general, stop teaching kids “You will not be in trouble if you tell me the truth” if you are going to punish them.
It teaches them it’s more important to not get caught, that your word means nothing, and to lie anyway as you will earn the punishment.”
5. BS.
“My 5th grade teacher taught us that our blood was blue until exposed to oxygen and that’s why our veins looked blue.
10 year old me called bulls**t and got detention.
I had spent alot of time in the hospital at that point in my life and had seen my blood drawn enough times to know that was c**p.”
6. Oh, really?
“Your school record will follow you your entire life.
My record from Mount Lebanon didn’t make it to Venetia school. Venetia record didn’t make it to McMurray, only a few miles away.
Entering college, nobody knew anything about the schools I’d attended.”
7. A tough one.
“When they don’t teach children how to handle d**th and grief but they instead lie to said child to spare the pain that they should learn to understand so they can handle more in the future.
sSesame Street did it and big bird was devastated but he learned to cope and move on stronger, essentially what I’m saying is;: parents if your child pet d**s and the kid is devastated don’t lie, tell them the truth and help them cope, and help them understand and comprehend why, so when you the parent may d**, the child is more equipped to handle grief and not fall apart like I did when my mother d**d at age 12.”
8. Yes.
“That collective punishment is ok
First of all it’s not because that just teaches children that they should worry about what others are doing… which then they punish for later on because they are either bothering others or not paying attention to work.
Second of all it’s against the Geneva Convention.”
9. Untrue.
“Carrots help you see in the dark.
I saw it on a kids’ show.”
10. They’ll come around.
“”I’m sure they’ll come around and be friends with you. Just remember to be nice to them though if you want things to work out.”
Total BS. I heard this so much growing up that no matter how nice and understanding I was to everyone around me. People such as my teachers and peers pick on me endlessly because I was an easy target (parents didn’t believe me when something bad happens and they all took advantage of that).
Don’t take sh*t from anyone. Someone being mean to you? Tell them to back off or make an example of them. I learned real quick that everyone will gang up on you just for the fun out of it.”
11. I remember…
“Memorization.
Memorization and intelligence are two separate things.
Not everyone is good at memorization either.”
12. Gotta stand up.
“”Ignore bullies and they’ll leave you alone.”
When you do that, one of two things are likely to happen. Either they’ll mess with you more, or they’ll move to someone else and bully them.
If you stand up to bullies, they back down. The earlier in life you put these people in their place, the less likely they’ll develop their bad behavior as a lifelong practice.”
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