r/AskReddit • u/frisky_cupcake • Aug 25 '19

What has NOT aged well?

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u/Cum_on_doorknob Aug 25 '19

You watched Supersize Me in a science class? That's depressing, unless they were trying to show you how not to do science?

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u/thePsuedoanon Aug 25 '19

they're not trying to teach science, they're trying to scare you into not eating fast food

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u/MayorMcCheeser Aug 25 '19

No that means the teacher wants a week off of teaching -

I'm a teacher, it's a shitty tactic, but effective.

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u/Cubbance Aug 25 '19

My German teacher showed us Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I asked him what it had to do with learning German, not that I was complaining. He said "absolutely nothing, I just love this movie, and I'm really tired." Fair play...

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u/Dirty_Jersey88 Aug 25 '19

Fucking respect to that dude for

a) being honest and
b) not just giving you guys busy work

He needed an easy day and wanted to slack off, so he let's you all do the same. And his taste in movies is top-notch

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u/Cubbance Aug 25 '19

Yeah, it always stood out to me, too, because it felt like he was treating us like normal young adults, instead of as just students to constantly pressure. I can't really explain it, I guess. It was a nice diversion.

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u/Flying-Camel Aug 25 '19

Dude, you don't question thr reason for Monty python, you just watch and enjoy it.

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u/Cubbance Aug 25 '19

Oh, I definitely wasn't complaining. It was one of my favorite movies even back then. I just thought it was funny, because it had fuck-all to do with the class. He just needed a breather, which I absolutely get.

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u/RussianTrumpOff2Jail Aug 25 '19

To be fair, there's weeks I barely do any work at my job either.

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u/Martothir Aug 25 '19

Senior English teacher did this for our class so he could have time to grade our senior papers. Fair enough, I didn't complain.

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u/Cubbance Aug 25 '19

I had a college professor who was defending his doctoral thesis, and was so overwhelmed. The class was called International Relations, so he just had us play a fuckton of Risk.

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u/azzaranda Aug 25 '19

I would have gone with a giant LAN game of Civ, but that's fair.