I can't believe what I just heard!

[starang21]

Originally Posted by Thetagirl218

Student: "All people who make under $40,000 are on welfare and are bad for society"

Me: "Student, who told you that?"

Student: "My Dad, and he is always right!"

(A real conversation I had with one of my 9th graders......Apparently I live on welfare and I am a detriment to society....I couldn't stop laughing afterward...)

so apparently are most of the households in america.

isn't that like the mean or median household income in this country?

[Thetagirl218]

Originally Posted by starang21

so apparently are most of the households in america.

isn't that like the mean or median household income in this country?

Yep...I think the median income is around 44,000.....

Disclaimer: I teach private school, so I tend to get a few more of these comments than I did when I taught public school.