College History Class

[Raptor]

People pay big money to get a diploma and meet their spouse.  Going to college is a terrible waste of money if all you want is an education

ah yes, the Mrs. degree

[Vudu15]

yea I had something similar happen to me twice during Highschool,

the first being a book that had a inccorrect listing for the D.R. 1 that Richthofen flew. Picture showed a Handly Page bomber, I of course spoke up and was told that I was wrong, began a debate which ended in checking 3 separate books and the internet. You can guess the outcome (I was successful).

The second was over MacArthur's escape from the Philippines, which this teacher said was made by (of all things) a HELICOPTER. So knowing it was made using PT boats and having watched a program on TV just 2 days prior told her so. My 2 arguments were, the army didn't have a helo in service at the time. and even IF they had one that could take them Where would they refuel? I was quickly told a helo was in the prototype stage at the time and that seemed to be the end of it. was in the 10th grade at the time and didn't feel like pressing my luck anymore that day.

[oakranger]

yea I had something similar happen to me twice during Highschool,

The second was over MacArthur's escape from the Philippines, which this teacher said was made by (of all things) a HELICOPTER. So knowing it was made using PT boats and having watched a program on TV just 2 days prior told her so. My 2 arguments were, the army didn't have a helo in service at the time. and even IF they had one that could take them Where would they refuel? I was quickly told a helo was in the prototype stage at the time and that seemed to be the end of it. was in the 10th grade at the time and didn't feel like pressing my luck anymore that day.

 

[AAJagerX]

I might add that there should be a basic rule that to teach in the US they need to be able to speak English well.

No kidding, my digital electronics prof. was barely understandable.  Maybe I should've taken Pashtun 101 before that class.

[MaSonZ]

yea I had something similar happen to me twice during Highschool,

the first being a book that had a inccorrect listing for the D.R. 1 that Richthofen flew. Picture showed a Handly Page bomber, I of course spoke up and was told that I was wrong, began a debate which ended in checking 3 separate books and the internet. You can guess the outcome (I was successful).

same thing happened to me when we started WWII. Teacher was so insistent Jet technology was not put into use until AFTER the war we argued about it.. I offered to bring in a couple books and show some pictures on the internet with info for the 262, 163 and Arado 234..quickly ended there. 

[oakranger]

No kidding, my digital electronics prof. was barely understandable.  Maybe I should've taken Pashtun 101 before that class.

Yes!  Neighbor's kid has a college teacher that is Russian.  Can not make out all the words.  At times, he ends up speaking Russian for a minute then stops, realizing where he is.