IgnoranceI once was in a programming class where the task was "build a calculator". A student did one with buttons 1, 2, 3 all the way up to about 25 and then ran out of space on the screen. We've asked this before but liked it so much we're asking again: What's the best example of ignorance you've encountered?
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 30 Aug 2012, 12:30)
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People have saidshe was playing up to it. I was never sure...
I once managed to convince her that the Equator was a real yellow line that ran round the world. "But how does it go over water?" she asked astutely. "It's special paint." "Really?!" she exclaimed in superb ignorance.
Additionally she believed that peas grew in tins and did not know that tuna was a fish. I cannot remember the details of other occasions of striking ignorance but they did occur very, very regularly.
I'm a teacher now and the 11-year-olds generally make a bit more sense than she did.
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