Wouldn't it be more important to teach chili how to distinguish between the two?

llollt said:
Wouldn't it be more important to teach chili how to distinguish between the two?

Classic example of an asshole teacher

passatore1 said:
Classic example of an asshole teacher

I mean. To be fair. It's the difference between stopping inflammation and permanently blinding someone...like...for life. Kinda different from "no two plus 1 is NOT 4"

cockbrainwut said:
I mean. To be fair. It's the difference between stopping inflammation and permanently blinding someone...like...for life. Kinda different from "no two plus 1 is NOT 4"

Oh knowing the effects of your ingredients is great. But the question is why was the dire petal in her supplies? If the teacher supplied them to all the students then this was an expected outcome one student was going to make this mistake and an explination on the physical tells of a mire and a dire petal would be good.

If it got mixed in by mistake. Then the fault is on the teacher for handing out supplies with dangerous items in it that were not needed in the lesson and would become a waste in supplies if the dire petals had any use in medicine besides the blindness.Now if the kids had to gather the petals and herbs for this. Then I hope there were many lessons on the differences between one plant and another between similarties in looks.

Cause making sure your students can understand the smallest difference between a plant that can hurt someone and one that can save a life even if it is by the lightest shade of coloring is an important thing to teach.

spitechaotic said:
Oh knowing the effects of your ingredients is great. But the question is why was the dire petal in her supplies? If the teacher supplied them to all the students then this was an expected outcome one student was going to make this mistake and an explination on the physical tells of a mire and a dire petal would be good.

If it got mixed in by mistake. Then the fault is on the teacher for handing out supplies with dangerous items in it that were not needed in the lesson and would become a waste in supplies if the dire petals had any use in medicine besides the blindness.Now if the kids had to gather the petals and herbs for this. Then I hope there were many lessons on the differences between one plant and another between similarties in looks.

Cause making sure your students can understand the smallest difference between a plant that can hurt someone and one that can save a life even if it is by the lightest shade of coloring is an important thing to teach.

And I thought my education was fucked.

So if Dire Petals are that dangerous, why are they letting kids handle them?

Holla if this is what your life in school was also like.

:'(

I'm guessing the Tree is going to take over Chili's education because it seems like her current teacher doesn't like her.

You shall scrub that floor and you are not going home till it's spotless.

watermine30 said:
And I thought my education was fucked.

people, their grinding up plants in bowls, this is medical science two steps above grandpa caveman eating the mushrooms and barriers to see which ones kill you

Not that it excuses any of her abominable classroom behavior, but judging from the last panel, teach's mind is possibly somewhere else and very, very worried.

Not everybody is cut out to be a healer.

spitechaotic said:
Oh knowing the effects of your ingredients is great. But the question is why was the dire petal in her supplies? If the teacher supplied them to all the students then this was an expected outcome one student was going to make this mistake and an explination on the physical tells of a mire and a dire petal would be good.

If it got mixed in by mistake. Then the fault is on the teacher for handing out supplies with dangerous items in it that were not needed in the lesson and would become a waste in supplies if the dire petals had any use in medicine besides the blindness.Now if the kids had to gather the petals and herbs for this. Then I hope there were many lessons on the differences between one plant and another between similarties in looks.

Cause making sure your students can understand the smallest difference between a plant that can hurt someone and one that can save a life even if it is by the lightest shade of coloring is an important thing to teach.

As someone who's worked in education and with children, this is not an uncommon scenario and it has nothing to do with the teacher failing in any way. It has to do with students not paying attention.

In this particular instance, they're learning - depending on whether you allow for magic or not - alchemy or very basic chemistry. The supplies for either would be located somewhere nearby and/or students provide their own from home depending on exactly what supplies are under discussion. It could easily be that the Dire Petal was to be used later for something different and the student in question either wasn't paying attention or did something else because they wanted to. That happens, a lot. Students do the exact opposite of what they're told and their reason begins with "but I wanted...". Tell them to use colored pencils and they break out the markers. Tell them that they have option A or B for the next 30 minutes and you'll find them trying option C until you catch them. It's often the same student and the above situation feels like something that's repeated regularly.

In the movies (and probably in this comic) it's because the child is secretly a genius and is better at what they're doing than anyone else. They're probably better than their teacher. In real life it's never a fun answer like that. No, with real children the ones who act like this either never received discipline at home (and therefore had no reason to listen to an adult) or who was actively taught by their parents that they're special and can do no wrong.

I've responded to the antics of students in a fashion very similar to the teacher above. It's not because she's terrible at teacher but rather because one student was actively ignoring instructions. "Make sure you have the right ingredients" would be an often repeated instruction for a class like this.

laun said:
As someone who's worked in education and with children, this is not an uncommon scenario and it has nothing to do with the teacher failing in any way. It has to do with students not paying attention.

In this particular instance, they're learning - depending on whether you allow for magic or not - alchemy or very basic chemistry. The supplies for either would be located somewhere nearby and/or students provide their own from home depending on exactly what supplies are under discussion. It could easily be that the Dire Petal was to be used later for something different and the student in question either wasn't paying attention or did something else because they wanted to. That happens, a lot. Students do the exact opposite of what they're told and their reason begins with "but I wanted...". Tell them to use colored pencils and they break out the markers. Tell them that they have option A or B for the next 30 minutes and you'll find them trying option C until you catch them. It's often the same student and the above situation feels like something that's repeated regularly.

In the movies (and probably in this comic) it's because the child is secretly a genius and is better at what they're doing than anyone else. They're probably better than their teacher. In real life it's never a fun answer like that. No, with real children the ones who act like this either never received discipline at home (and therefore had no reason to listen to an adult) or who was actively taught by their parents that they're special and can do no wrong.

I've responded to the antics of students in a fashion very similar to the teacher above. It's not because she's terrible at teacher but rather because one student was actively ignoring instructions. "Make sure you have the right ingredients" would be an often repeated instruction for a class like this.

Fair enough there are definetly kids who do not listen and I admit they may have covered this. I dunno. If there was a lesson on dire petals and such and small child didn't listen. Understandable.

Both the teacher and the students are trying their best to do what they're trying to do
Whether or not their "best" is enough is up to interpretation

Teaching kids to make medicine... Why are they giving them poison?