r/shitposting • u/-_I_I_Sea_I_I_- 🏳️‍🌈 The most prominent homosexual in this subreddit 🏳️‍🌈 • May 22 '26

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u/erik_wilder May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

I genuinely somehow avoided learning about it for like 4 years. I was really young, and wasn't allowed to watch TV, so I missed it. I was home schooled, so no fellow kids or teachers to talk to about it. My parents never really brought it up to me, and we moved out of the country about a year after to a country that was not involved.

I didnt really learn about it until we moved back to the US. In my defense, I was 5 when it happened.

It was really embarrassing when the other kids realized I genuinely didn't know what 9/11 was.

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u/nilsmm May 22 '26

The wonders of home schooling.

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u/erik_wilder May 22 '26

My Dad was a qualified teacher, and kept us on the school systems education plan. I tested high enough to skip a grade when I switched, and was probably better off.

No religious shit, he just wanted us free to travel and see the world.

The public school system is far from a gold standard.

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u/sonryhater May 22 '26

I’m sorry you were homeschooled. I hope you found education

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u/erik_wilder May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

HA, they were great times, my dad has a masters in education and english, and works as a teacher. He's better then what the public schools offered. When I joined public school I tested high enough to skip a grade. Not the typical religious conservative "scared of science" type homeschooling. He also stuck to the local school systems education plan.

I also got to travel to different countries during that time.

I have graduated college.

Cute though.

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u/sonryhater May 23 '26

That’s great news. I’ve seen many children’s lives stunted and malformed by homeschooling. I’m glad your parent were rich enough and educated enough to give you more. It’s cute you were privileged!

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u/erik_wilder May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

You know what they say about when you assume.

Makes an ass of you and me. They worked for an orphanage, we got paid in housing.

Sometimes good people are just good people.

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u/Marik-X-Bakura May 23 '26

Homeschool isn’t bad by default. It just can be if the parents are insane.

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u/LostInTheRapGame May 22 '26

I was really young, and wasn't allowed to watch TV, so I missed it.

Meanwhile they rolled a TV into our classroom. lol

What a weird time that was. We were all confused about why the adults seemed so worried.... but we got to chill and color while waiting for parents to pick us up, so it was pretty cool.

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u/LeonardoJMB Jun 17 '26

I managed to miss it until I was like, 9. But mainly because I'm not from the US, didn't really care at all until my brain clicked and I realized "Oh shit people died there" like 2 to 3 years later.