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Old 05-09-2016, 10:36 PM   #128 (permalink)
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I've learned that vitamin c was effective against colds, that acupuncture was better than conventional medicine, and that GMOs are harmful throughout middle and high school. Oh, and abstinence based sex education.
To be fair, you live in California. Nobody outside of That Place is going to teach about acupuncture.

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Were you allowed to prove your teacher wrong in class? If so, you lucky bastard.
Well, I wasn't quieted, but he sure didn't listen to me. Even as I and another student were holding up the textbook, pointing to exactly the sentence that proved him objectively wrong. And this was indeed an objective fact, and not just an opinion.
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