The Top 12 Signs Your History Teacher Isn’t Very Qualified

12> The only “General Lee” in his lectures jumps over creek beds to escape Boss Hogg and Rosco.

11> “Crimean, Korean, whatever — we won, okay?”

10> Lessons always reflect yesterday’s episode of “Sherman and Peabody.”

9> “Yeah, right — there were *two* President Roosevelts. Suuuuuure.”

8> Devotes an entire week to the eerie similarities between JFK and Abraham Lincoln.

7> If Carmen Sandiego wasn’t involved, he’s never heard of it.

6> Invites his “Sigma buddies,” Toad and Moochie, to help him re-enact the Whiskey Rebellion.

5> Refuses to teach about new-fangled things like the Internet… or Alaska and Hawaii.

4> Thinks the Bataan Death March is a Sousa piece played at halftime.

3> You’re the only sixth-grade class studying the Battle of Hasty Pudding.

2> Claims George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election.

1> He’s teaching in a public school. Do the math.

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