25 Lies Adults Like to Tell Kids
PocketEpiphany
Published
03/11/2023
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Funny
We learn a lot about the world from our teachers. And for most people, that really gets started in elementary school.
But what if your teachers were actually lying to your face? Here are the worst lies that our elementary teachers ever told us.
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If you touch a baby duck its mother will reject it-u/murphy_girl -
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If someone is picking on you that means they like you.. no. Some people are sh*tty bullies and are picking on you’re because you're an easy target-u/archibauldis99 -
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I learned in Kindergarten that emperor penguins were the same height as us, (true at the time), but as I grew, I still thought that they were still the same height as I am. Then, as a teenager, I was surprised when I saw penguins at the zoo that they were only 3-4 feet or so, and not my actual height.-u/hoodie_monsta -
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Drugs would be easy to come by, you’ll make friends easily, that people will be helpful when you’re in need and you ask.-u/Ghostoftommorrow -
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"That doesn't/won't slide in high school"-u/BIGBOT6142 -
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That cracking your fingers gives you arthritis-u/Taylorcurley -
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That I can’t use my notes in life. TF does that even mean? I’m always looking at my notes when I do my job.-u/Kanden_27 -
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That being an astronaut is way harder than they sell it as a palpable career.-u/FreshKittyPowPow -
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We had a teacher tell us that we only had so many uses before our vocal cords stopped working so wasting it small talking during class would cause us to go mute in our 30s-u/H20fearsme -
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That my face was gonna get stuck like this -
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That Napoleon was short. Turns out he was average height for his time, and it was just British propaganda representing how small of a threat they perceived him to be.-u/OneTyler2Many -
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That I should never stand up to a bully. I should stop reacting so they would get bored and leave me alone. That if I ever fought back I would be suspended so it wouldn't be worth it. (Don't worry! Every time I went to the teachers for help I was told I needed to share my lunch so it wouldn't get stolen, I needed to be more forgiving and understanding because the girl who attacked me was on the cheer team, etc. so this didn't give me some lasting problems with conflict! Nope nope nope!)-u/LuckyCandle -
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That if I went to college I would get a good job and be able to buy a big house with a pool.-u/Takingover4da99and00 -
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“You won’t always have a calculator in your pocket.” Not even that long ago. Smartphones were already a thing.-u/silence_infidel -
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"This will go down on your permanent record."-u/Marionberry-Superb -
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That all my high school teachers and my professors once I got to college would require cursive-u/machina99 -
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That blood is blue before it touches air-u/W0rm_G1rl -
18.
We were once forced to do this profession test to find out our dream job and one of the options was to become a "Pokemon trainer". To this day nobody ever offered me a starter Pokemon.-u/PizzaQuattroCheese -
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Apparently bears just nap a lot in the winter and don’t take a 3-month mega nap-u/IMNOTBOBFOSSE -
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Tastebud zones.-u/GrilledStuffedDragon -
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Nobody has offered me drugs yet. D.A.R.E made it seem like I'd have to be running away from people in vans offering me drugs every time I went on a walk.-u/Minmach-123 -
22.
Cheaters never win in the end. Only good people succeed.All lies.-u/slicknshine -
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There's no such thing as a stupid question-u/_Balrog_of_Morgoth_ -
24.
Christopher Columbus proved the Earth was round by discovering America.-u/LunarIncense -
25.
George Washington chopped down a cherry tree, lied about it, and learned his morals there after-u/bloom2701
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