What should we (patiently) think of a person who said,
" I know you are wrong because I am a SCENCE teacher."
2007-12-22 05:49:10 · 28 answers · asked by D Uncle 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Great answers.
2007-12-22 13:34:00 · update #1
I would probably say, "Ho, ho, ho," and be on my way. When a conversation starts off like that you likely do not have the time to elevate it to a tolerable level.
I edited a rather mean spirited comment out of this answer, and will try to be a good girl at least through the Holidays! You make me want to be a better woman.
2007-12-22 06:11:33 · answer #1 · answered by One Wing Eagle Woman 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Well, to me someone who says it like that seems rather small-minded. He/she needs to back up whatever assertion he or she is making with proof. Telling someone you're a science teacher isn't proof. We have two science teachers in my school. One of them works pretty hard at finding things to enhance the students' learning. The other one just uses the book and all the worksheets. He also has no clue as to what he's talking about half the time. So, for me, it would also depend upon the person who said it.
2007-12-22 14:50:05 · answer #2 · answered by Purdey EP 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What does a Scence teacher teach?
It also depends on the context. For example, I work on computers all the time. If someone tell me that the computer isn't working due to a non-functioning CD ROM and insists on it entirely even after I have swapped out the CD-ROM and associated cables I might use a similar line.
2007-12-22 13:54:55 · answer #3 · answered by meissen97 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I want to know if this meant "Sense" teacher....
But nobody is right simply because they teach a certain topic. I had a teacher who told me that azure was yellow, and another who didn't know why Einstein couldn't have been a US president (odd conversation leading to that one). I'm a teacher (of sorts) and I'm certainly not perfect. But even if the teacher is not wrong, the argument is flawed. Being a teacher is only proof that they meet the qualifications to teach. It does not prove any scientific theory or other idea.
2007-12-22 13:56:50 · answer #4 · answered by Katie Short, Atheati Princess 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The would ask him the prove empirical that he was a good SCENCE teacher!
lol some POPLE!
the type error can happen to any one, in fact if happens to me all the type, I am aright with a pen but keyboard!.
Anyway it's his logic that I find difficult to grasp!
maybe I'm just an ignorant fool!
;-)
ADDED Uncle I popped into your real 360 and left comment on your blog.
Oh my Good what did I say wrong SB thumbed me down!
2007-12-22 15:00:30 · answer #5 · answered by Sly Fox [King of Fools] 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I would say: You're clearly not an ENLISH teacher...
Then I'd ask: "Do you think that scientists have never been wrong?" Then mention the flat-earth belief that was popular a few hundred years ago, and how Galileo was persecuted for teaching the earth was round. Then ask if they are so arrogant as to think that science can't be wrong today.
2007-12-22 13:53:55 · answer #6 · answered by Epitome_inc 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
well, honestly, it depends on what he is saying you are Wrong about, but, regardless of that, you should simply ask him for his sources, his proof, etc...
i don't know if i agree or disagree with what your science teacher told you you were wrong about, because i don't know what it was, but i can tell you if i make a statement about something, i'm going to have sources/references to back it up...
being a "science teacher" doesn't qualify him to be an authority on anything, not even science...i often had coaches teaching "science' in high school, by which they enforced rote memorization of state-mandated curriculum...
the ultimate answer i believe, is that if you, or anyone has any doubts or questions about something, you should take the time to go to the library, or whatever reference/reserach mediums you have available to you and substantiate your claims yourself...
just be cautious not to go out seeking facts that will support what you already belive, go into it with an open mind, seeking truth, and you will find it,
peace
2007-12-22 13:58:56 · answer #7 · answered by Caylon D 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I like to give everyone the benefit of the doubt so I'd say "Pray for 'em".
I sorta think though, that either this person isn't a good speller or it's a kid telling fibs.
Merry Christmas to you & yours
((((Uncle))))
2007-12-22 14:02:08 · answer #8 · answered by wanda3s48 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That the person has an ego problem. Just because they are a teacher does not mean they know everything.
2007-12-22 13:55:20 · answer #9 · answered by Janet L 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
when my daughter was in the second grade, her teacher taught her how to spell her last name, but she taught her wrong.
when she came home, and showed her mother that her teacher, had taught her how to spell her name, my wife told her that it was wrong, but she argued with her mother that this was to proper way to spell it because her teacher had told her so.
educated people are the same way, they are parroting what they have been taught by someone, who was in turn taught by some one else.
we have been around long enough to have seen the evolution of, evolution.
from Darwin's theory that we were descended from monkeys, evolved into what they are teaching now.
what do I think when someone claims they are right because they have an education?
I think that not every thing that is right, is taught in schools.
2007-12-23 01:57:18 · answer #10 · answered by Hannah's Grandpa 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋