I had an argument with a teacher in middle school who shared the crap of, “If you swallow gum, it stays in your stomach for 7 years.” The kids told me I must be wrong, because the teacher said it so he must be right.
I was so pissed that I came in the next day with three different sources saying that it was a myth. He quietly admitted the truth to me, but refused to tell the class.
I get being frustrated with kids chewing gum in class, but if you have to lie to get them to follow rules, that’s a failure as a teacher. He was a science teacher, no less. If anybody should be open to a student pulling up sources for a claim, or to admitting they learned something new and they were wrong before, it should be a science teacher.
Thanks, Mr H. Way to prove to me that even “cool” teachers care more about controlling kids than being truthful.