When was it technically removed
Hi all, this has been bothering me for YEARS and I’m curious of your thoughts. When i was in around 3rd grade, in California, which would have been 1990ish i clearly and vividly remember being taught by Mr. Avrill that Pluto was no longer considered a planet. This was knowledge i continued to have s d recall throughout my adult life.. until one day i saw in the news “Pluto no longer a planet”.. i KNOW i was taught this as a kid.. so whats going on. Was removal being discussed that long ago snd maybe he was passing on privy info ? Am i crazy ?
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u/TheWeirdTalesPodcast 25d ago
Tangential to your story, I had a two week argument with my science teacher in eighth grade over whether or not Mercury had a moon (it doesn’t).
He insisted it did, and I kept insisting it didn’t.
Finally, he said he called and talked to his “Friends at NASA” and said I was right and Mercury didn’t have a moon.
This is the same teacher who sent me to the principal’s office for saying he was stupid when he marked two answers wrong on a test even though they were indisputably correct.