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  • Cattywumpus

    From the page: "Needless to say, we were outraged. What kind of test was this? And what kind of teacher? We should have figured it out, Mr. Whitson said. After all, at the every moment he was passing around the cattywampus skull (in truth, a cat's), hadn't he been telling us... more

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  • Rated by YuYuKenshin on Aug 15, 6:06pm

    as cute a story as that was... If a teacher actually pulled that kind of a trick on a class I was in... I would quite possible kill him or her. no student would ever appreciate it. today, grades are far more important than actual life lessons like that. The moral of the story may be correct, that much I can understand that at least

  • Rated by LadyAshwood on Apr 16 2009, 3:25pm

    Wow, a lesson to teachers and students alike.

  • Rated by cwlodarczyk on Nov 23 2008, 6:43am

    Props to Mr Whitson - I would have loved to have some teachers like this.

  • Reviewed by nuttyguy20 on Nov 21 2008, 11:48am

    It does feel a little made-up. But there are some good teachers out there who push their students not to accept what's told to them. Everyone should have a teacher at some point like that.

  • Rated by MarioBrosCom on Nov 18 2008, 4:43pm

    Inspiring story, though something about it screams "urban legend". It would be fitting if it were false.

  • Rated by Altanic on Aug 08 2008, 10:32am

    sadly, its no longer so rare for kids to realize their teachers are as full of crap as anybody else

  • Reviewed by notkaliesmash on Jun 01 2008, 11:40pm

    I would've enjoyed this more if they hadn't brought up the point "He had given the animal a ridiculous name, and we still hadn't been suspicious." cattywampus IS a word.

  • Rated by TeejIV on May 11 2008, 10:04pm

    A fantastic story about a teacher's ability to undermine his student's trust in him (and, indeed, all teachers) and turn them into denialists (this is NOT about skepticism). A heartwarming abuse of authority. A self-congratulatory tale made to make those who disagreed with authority figures at some point in their life feel like intrepid pioneers instead of arrogant bastards.

  • Rated by PTT on Mar 31 2008, 7:31am

    Mr. Whitson taught sixth-grade science.

  • Rated by KaeTeeEm on Feb 15 2008, 12:56pm

    On teaching. Interesting- a professor at my university just did the same thing in one of his philosophy classes.