Most incorrect thing you were taught?

rain10

The King of Moo wrote: »

That "'I before 'e' except after 'c'" is a rule.

There are more words that break it than there are that conform to it.

ha ha totally agree, dont know what clown came up with that ''rule''

katzenjammer

That the Sugarloaf in the Wicklow Mtns was an extinct volcano... Only found out in college that it's not!

micropig

katzenjammer wrote: »

That the Sugarloaf in the Wicklow Mtns was an extinct volcano... Only found out in college that it's not!

I was taught that too at school, said it to my OH when I read that, they where taught it too:pac:

Teyla Emmagan

katzenjammer wrote: »

That the Sugarloaf in the Wicklow Mtns was an extinct volcano... Only found out in college that it's not!

What?!!?!? :eek:

shizz

katzenjammer wrote: »

That the Sugarloaf in the Wicklow Mtns was an extinct volcano... Only found out in college that it's not!

micropig wrote: »

I was taught that too at school, said it to my OH when I read that, they where taught it too:pac:

Yup same here.

Turtwig

Kolido wrote: »

Are you sure they didn't mean that the earth's population is higher now that any point in history as its constantly increasing?

Certain.

IsaacWunder

katzenjammer wrote: »

That the Sugarloaf in the Wicklow Mtns was an extinct volcano... Only found out in college that it's not!

For anyone a smartphone, Wikipedia tells us that "it is in fact an erosion-resistant metamorphosed sedimentary deposit from the deep sea."

BizzyC

katzenjammer wrote: »

That the Sugarloaf in the Wicklow Mtns was an extinct volcano... Only found out in college that it's not!

That was actually in some geography books!
Don't know how the department of education did that.

Luckily we had a decent teacher who told us that our book was wrong...

onlyrocknroll

katzenjammer wrote: »

That the Sugarloaf in the Wicklow Mtns was an extinct volcano... Only found out in college that it's not!

Is it possible that that actually was the prevailing theory when you were in school?

It sounds a bit mad.

Big Nasty

onlyrocknroll wrote: »

Is it possible that that actually was the prevailing theory when you were in school?

It sounds a bit mad.

I was told the same, only found out.....................just now!

geeky

When I was a kid, my dad used to always break the speed limit. Being a precocious little fellow, I asked why he went faster than the roadsigns said.

He told me that they put the signs up back when roads weren't so good, when cars found it harder stop on them and could get damaged by travelling too fast. He added that they'd improved roads since then, and you could go faster. They just hadn't bothered to change the signs.

Still can't believe I bought it.

onlyrocknroll

geeky wrote: »

When I was a kid, my dad used to always break the speed limit. Being a precocious little fellow, I asked why he went faster than the roadsigns said.

He told me that they put the signs up back when roads weren't so good, when cars found it harder stop on them and could get damaged by travelling too fast. He added that they'd improved roads since then, and you could go faster. They just hadn't bothered to change the signs.

Still can't believe I bought it.

My father told me that his scar from his BCG vaccination was a bullet hole from when he was shot in the "War in Africa".

Just to be clear I was about four.

Jesus Wept

Jernal wrote: »

Another one that used to irk me was the myth that was perpetuated by many of my teachers who thought I was some sort of loon (ok, I was, but I was still correct) when I used to correct on the myth that more humans are alive today than were ever alive over the course of human history on this plant. Seriously, if you even stop to think about it for a second it's obviously rubbish,yet that didn't stop at least three different teachers from stating it.

I still here people saying that.

thebigbiffo

that buffalo are extinct. remember when buffalo hunky dorys came out? and they had a bit of a speil on the back about how they kept buffalo in co. meath? well, i was the laughing stock of the office that day let me tell ya.

and she was the primary school principle. bint.

Turtyturd

Approximately and exactly mean the same thing.

Ouchette

rain10 wrote: »

ha ha totally agree, dont know what clown came up with that ''rule''

The problem is that you weren't taught the whole rule.

i before e,
Except after c,
Or when sounded as "a,"

...or a few variations of that. There are still exceptions, but not so many.

So, yeah, another thing you were taught wrong.

Gbear

thebigbiffo wrote: »

that buffalo are extinct. remember when buffalo hunky dorys came out? and they had a bit of a speil on the back about how they kept buffalo in co. meath? well, i was the laughing stock of the office that day let me tell ya.

and she was the primary school principle. bint.

I think people were confusing buffalo with bison.

El Weirdo

Gbear wrote: »

I think people were confusing buffalo with bison.

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo, tbh.

Quazzie

geeky wrote: »

When I was a kid, my dad used to always break the speed limit. Being a precocious little fellow, I asked why he went faster than the roadsigns said.

He told me that they put the signs up back when roads weren't so good, when cars found it harder stop on them and could get damaged by travelling too fast. He added that they'd improved roads since then, and you could go faster. They just hadn't bothered to change the signs.

Still can't believe I bought it.

He actually wasn't too far wrong. Most of today's speed limits were set based on outdated stopping distances of cars from decades ago. Current cars are fitted with ABS and can stop in a much shorter distance but the speed limits were never altered accordingly.

2ndcoming

That a vomitorium was a place Ancient Romans used to have in their homes for deliberately vomiting. It wasn't!

thebigbiffo

El Weirdo wrote: »

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo, tbh.

got 2 thanks so must mean something - whatammi missn?

edit: yup...bison = buffalo and vice verse

Kolido

Quazzie wrote: »

He actually wasn't too far wrong. Most of today's speed limits were set based on outdated stopping distances of cars from decades ago. Current cars are fitted with ABS and can stop in a much shorter distance but the speed limits were never altered accordingly.

There are still some old cars on the road.

Paparazzo

katzenjammer wrote: »

That the Sugarloaf in the Wicklow Mtns was an extinct volcano... Only found out in college that it's not!

Yep, was taught that one too.

dsmythy

This thread has taught me that teachers need higher minimum education levels.

thebigbiffo wrote: »

got 2 thanks so must mean something - whatammi missn?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo

At least I think that's what they meant!

Gbear

thebigbiffo wrote: »

got 2 thanks so must mean something - whatammi missn?

edit: yup...bison = buffalo and vice verse

Bisons were also called American Buffalo but they're not actually buffalo. Different animal.

katzenjammer

onlyrocknroll wrote: »

Is it possible that that actually was the prevailing theory when you were in school?

It sounds a bit mad.

I doubt it- it's made of metamorphosed sandstone, nothing volcanic about that!

Ush1

I heard a teacher say the Sun is four times larger than Earth.

Also, the Earth is a sphere.:(

languagenerd

El Weirdo wrote: »

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo, tbh.

Everytime that's mentioned, I end up saying the word Buffalo over and over again to myself like a complete lunatic. It's like my brain gets stuck on that one word... damn you! :P

Turtwig

Ush1 wrote: »

I heard a teacher say the Sun is four times larger than Earth.

Also, the Earth is a sphere.:(

Whatever about teachers. . .
Table quiz : simple Round 1 question what is shape of the planet Earth.

Our answer of "Oblate Spheroid" was deemed to be incorrect.

Luckily, it didn't cost us too much but both me and my teammate who were adamant about it were pissed.

Monty Burnz

Ush1 wrote: »

Also, the Earth is a sphere.:(

Well - it more or less is. Good enough for primary school kids. 'Oblate spheroid' may be a distinction too far...