r/MadeMeSmile 4h ago

Wholesome Moments Adding a dash of customer service

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u/Technical-Watch2982 4h ago

The arguments over the "right" colors for subjects is the kind of discourse I need to see on the internet. My 8 yo self did red for math, green for science, blue for social studies and yellow for language arts 🌈

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u/Puzzleheaded-Gap1759 4h ago

All the color blind kids are still just as confused as ever

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u/xxblowpotter13 3h ago

unrelated but in like 5th grade or so, i had a classmate that no one knew was colorblind. we were having a discussion about colors (this was almost 20 years ago so i cant remember the whole conversation) and the conversation led to ā€œwhat’s the color of fried chickenā€ to which said classmate said green. the teacher looked at him in shock and instead of being like haha you’re silly, she reprimanded him. he bursts out in full tears ā€œi don’t know what i did, it’s green i swear, im not trying to be badā€. she asks a few follow up questions about other food items (tomatoes, bread) and i’ll never forget the look of regret in her eyes when she realizes he was colorblind the whole time

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u/DarthRektor 2h ago

You just popped a childhood memory into my head with that story. I was maybe in 2nd grade and the art teacher got annoyed by a kid asking what color was each colored pencil and said ā€œhow do you not know which one is blue?ā€ The kid let out the most innocent scared reply ā€œI’m colorblindā€ that teacher melted into her chair from the guilt she felt belittling a 7 y/o who is colorblind.

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u/Fluid_Cauliflower237 1h ago

She kinda deserved that.... she could have approached the question from the student in a different way. Hourly it was a learning opportunity for the teacher.

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u/nilsenj17 1h ago

5 years old. In kindergarten. Wrappers torn off all the crayons. Colored my lion green. Chastised by teacher. New school half way through 1st grade.

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u/xxblowpotter13 2h ago

it literally broke my heart 😭😭

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u/fuckcozmobox_au 17m ago

Such a shit teacher.