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Date: November 08, 2010 04:48PM
I attended Institute class ever Tues, Wed, and Thurs while I was active. I loved how they would gloss over where these glorious massive battles occurred in the New World.
My favorite memory by far was on evening. There was a young man in the Ward who was born with Mild Mental Retardation. He was a little slow and sometimes talked out of place and couldn't follow a conversation but he was a good guy.
Anyway one day he raises his hand and asks a very simple direct to the point question:
"How old is the planet earth?":
The teacher winces at the question and says "Errr Ummm, I don't know how old the earth is....moving right along"
The man was smart enough to realize he would offend the lunatics that think the earth is 6,000 years old if he gave the proper scientific answer. He might even be tattled on, and then he might lose his teaching position and have to find another way to supplant his income for his massive family.
Classic.