uh, yeah that was dumb.

I'm going to be upfront - this post is likely going to be controversial. Especially coming from a "teacher" and someone who's heart is in wanting to educate people about important stuff. And well, I also like to think of myself as an understanding and compassionate person. [[aside: I wanted to take out my instructor today for laughing about a student who came to her and confided that he wanted to commit suicide after breaking up with his girlfriend of 6 weeks --- she had the entire class laughing and WTF.ing AAAAND then she went on to say she saw a picture of his ex-girlfriend and that she was U-G-L-Y; definitely nothing to kill yourself over----- WHERE'S THE COMPASSION?!!!???]]

ANYWAY...... the point of this post is to make clear that stupid questions do exist. It's been 3 days since the start of my (waiting to get into an academic Nursing program) classes. Here is just a sampling of the questions I have heard at my community college:
o What happens if a person is in an accident and they lose their sex organs -- are they male or female?
o What do you say to someone that is using you?
o I've heard of gonorrhea, what is it?
o What does adverse mean?

I'm keeping a list at the back of my book in order to keep me distracted from laughing. But honestly, I'm sad and appalled. I'm not saying that I'm better than these people but I worry greatly about our future as a country & a planet.