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re: Two random factoids that were seered into your brain in elementary school

Posted on 9/17/25 at 7:55 pm to
Posted by Warheel
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 9/17/25 at 7:55 pm to
Only you can prevent forest fires

Avoid blasting caps
Posted by Sugarbaker
Peachtree
Member since Jun 2023
525 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 8:05 pm to
I will do three: Sam Houston was the greatest American to ever live,Santa Anna was a soulless demon, and the Alamo is sacred ground. (Thank you, Texas public education- grades K through 3)
Posted by WildManGoose
Member since Nov 2005
4597 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 8:18 pm to
5318008

My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nine *Pizzas
Posted by Polycarp
Texas
Member since Feb 2009
5718 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 8:35 pm to
You could NOT use the N word when describing a slingshot to my African American 4th grade teacher Ms Duhon
Posted by TigerBaitOohHaHa
Member since Jan 2023
1741 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 8:45 pm to
Chapitre Cinq: La Telephone:
C'est mercredi aujourd'hui et Philippe et Catherine Landon n'ont pas de classe ils sont chez eux mais il veut pas rester à la maison toute la journée donc ils ont téléphoner à Bernard pour lui demander s'il est libre

French class. technically 7th Grade, but started French lessons in 3rd grade
. Had to memorize an entire page and recite in front of the class.. I'll only bore you with the preamble.

wondering if any of you old cajun codgers on here might pick up on some of it.
This post was edited on 9/17/25 at 8:49 pm
Posted by Shingo
Louisiana, USA
Member since Sep 2010
4272 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 8:54 pm to
Water is the universal solvent
Posted by Traffic Circle
Down the Rabbit Hole
Member since Nov 2013
4819 posts
Posted on 9/17/25 at 9:24 pm to
If the teacher wears a loose shirt, you might get to see a bra covered boob; cafeteria food is good if you are hungry.
Posted by CitizenK
BR
Member since Aug 2019
13595 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 12:01 am to
quote:

Niger is not pronounced how a 2nd grader thinks it would
Eta: got my first detention for that one


My deceased ex father in law pronounced it with 2 g's. The joke in the family is that he once ran for mayor of a small town and only the black people and a few friends voted for him
Posted by Rebel
Graceland
Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 9/18/25 at 12:03 am to
Boys have a penis & girls have a vagina.

Now it’s “controversial”
Posted by Tigerpride18
Lakewood Colorado
Member since Sep 2017
31850 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 12:04 am to
not in school but the biggest repeated rumor in world history is that divers have seen catfish as big as cars at every dam or spillway in the world
Posted by Rockbrc
Attic
Member since Nov 2015
9306 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 12:31 am to
If you keep singing an inappropriate song that you learned during recess, you will get sent to the office for a paddling.
If you keep singing a song that is okay after you’ve been told to stop, you will get sent to the office for a paddling
Posted by PhilipMarlowe
Member since Mar 2013
21597 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 5:29 am to
One of the main topics I remember from that time in my life was acid rain. Thanks Mrs. Fechhelm!
Posted by Jimbojambojumbo
Member since Mar 2022
470 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 8:01 am to
I never took a second of french after the 3rd grade and I remember more basic french at almost 50 than I do from the multiple combined years of spanish I took from high school and college.

I also strangely remember some basic MS-DOS prompts that we learned in the school library back in the mid-80s.
Posted by JonO
Member since Aug 2018
35 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 9:07 am to
Cut up the plastic coke can holders or you'll kill sea turtles

Uno, dos, tres
Posted by northshorebamaman
Cochise County AZ
Member since Jul 2009
37315 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 4:27 pm to
quote:

You and I had similar second grade experiences. I was looking at a globe in my second grade class and asked my teacher, Mrs. Heath, if Niger was where (people who annoyed you) came from. She just chuckled and told me "no." It was, after all, the 1968-1969 school year.
When I was in kindergarten I was arguing with another kid and called him a "person that annoyed me." I had no idea what the word meant, I had just picked up that it was a bad word to call people so I said it as a basic insult.

My teacher overheard, took me out in the hallway and explained to me that the word I used means 'black person' and not to call another white kid n------ ever again.

This was 1985 in California.
Posted by FutureMikeVIII
Houston
Member since Sep 2011
1605 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 6:46 pm to
quote:

Two random factoids that were seered into your brain in elementary school


I learned how to spell sear, for one
Posted by highcotton2
Alabama
Member since Feb 2010
10308 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 8:47 pm to
Don’t do that or it will go on your permanent record!
Posted by StickD
Houston
Member since Apr 2010
11567 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 8:49 pm to
quote:

Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species


All
Kings
Play
Chess
On
Fridays
Generally
Speaking
Posted by VooDude
Member since Aug 2017
2118 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 10:46 pm to
These days kids are learning that there are 10k genders.
Posted by jnethe1
Pearland
Member since Dec 2012
16961 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 11:55 pm to
quote:

That George Washington Carver and the invention of peanut butter was as world changing as the telegraph, automobile, radio, and electricity


This. We had a teacher that would have so many projects concerning this. I hated February after that.
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