AITA for calling out my teacher’s wrong info in the middle of class then telling the assistant principal he’s also wrong?

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Ippus_21 · 2024-02-12T19:05:42+00:00

I’m not supposed to use my phone during class

While this may be true, it is irrelevant. This is him deflecting the discussion away from the fact that he employs people who have no business teaching, and deflecting from the fact that he doesn't know either.

he said I can’t believe everything on the internet

Again, while this is true, it does not alter the fact that you were right. He and your teacher owe you an apology. This is not a controversial subject or a matter of opinion. This is an unarguable fact and they got it wrong.

I do not agree with the advice that says "let it go, don't make waves". If your teachers are teaching facts that are uncontrovertibly unarguably WRONG, you are absolutely right to call them out on it.

I would die on this hill. Make a massive fuss. Get your parents on board. Because everyone should be furious at the incompetence.

NTA

NASA agree with you:

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/seasons/en/

Earth's tilted axis causes the seasons. Throughout the year, different parts of Earth receive the Sun's most direct rays. So, when the North Pole tilts toward the Sun, it's summer in the Northern Hemisphere. And when the South Pole tilts toward the Sun, it's winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

Nothing about the elliptical orbit.

If your teacher and assistant principal won't believe NASA because "you can’t believe everything on the internet" then you REALLY have a problem.

Good luck fighting this.

I also suggest you cross post this to r/teachers and see what they have to say. They may be able to advise you on how best to fight this.

Aggravating-Pain9249 · 2024-02-12T19:00:29+00:00

NTA

if this ever comes up again, ask the teach why the northern and souther hemisphere of the earth have opposite seasons.

CalligrapherActive11 · 2024-02-12T19:18:45+00:00

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steven59715 · 2024-02-12T19:49:09+00:00

Hello OP. I teach environmental science at Montana State University and study student's scientific misconceptions. I am not surprised by your teacher's misunderstanding, but am saddened by it. As other commenters have suggested, I recommend drawing your teacher a diagram of Earth's orbit around the sun. Make it clearly elliptical. Put the sun at one of the foci of the ellipse and show Earth at the closest point in its orbit. If your teacher was correct, this would correspond to summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Now ask your teacher what season it would be in Australia. If her explanation was correct, it would also be summer. but, of course, it isn't. This tells us her explanation is wrong. Also, for the record, Earth is CLOSEST to the sun in January.

I would also like to respectively suggest that you think about how you come across in discussions like this. I had to painfully learn that I can come across as contemptuous in similar circumstances and no one liked it--regardless of whether I was correct.

Best of luck to you.

Own-Kangaroo6931 · 2024-02-12T19:04:09+00:00

Science teacher here agrees with you. But your method of calling out the teacher probably wasn't the best.

NTA but just maybe be kinda more aware of how you come across when talking to adults and specifically contradicting them in their profession.

tolmayo · 2024-02-12T19:16:27+00:00

NTA This is a common misconception and your teacher was spreading it like a disease. Great job for not just going along with it. You clearly have very sharp reasoning skills.

I agree with one of the other comments that this is a hill to die on. Let them look it up, they are so very very wrong.

Captain_Darlington · 2024-02-12T19:26:51+00:00

I thought everyone knew the intensity of the sun was a function of angle?

She’s a geometry teacher, right?

How would she explain the lack of seasons on the equator?

I’m aligned with how it’s important to show respect, but I’m annoyed with the ignorance. And the apparent inability of the assistant principal to assess the legitimacy of content on the web.

Baileythenerd · 2024-02-12T19:01:09+00:00

NTA OP, feel free to ask why seasons are inversed in the southern hemisphere :)

Bartlaus · 2024-02-12T18:45:32+00:00

NTA for being right, but you just experienced how it's generally not worth correcting ignorant petty authority figures.

JetItTogether · 2024-02-12T20:54:42+00:00

ESH:

The Earth's orbit IS elliptical.

The seasons are not a result of elliptical orbit but are caused by tilt.

You both are wrong in different ways.... And you wasted an entire class period in geometry arguing about seasons of the earth with a geometry teacher who was describing what elliptical means... Detailing the class and ruining your own day. And your geometry teacher is an AH who confuses tilt and orbital patterns.

Adults can admit they are wrong. These adults are AHs. You're an AH for a completely different reason... Which is tanking your own day over someone being a fool. Stop torching your own time to prove that fools are fools.

Everyone sucks. All of you. For entirely different reasons.

Kyphas321 · 2024-02-12T20:15:39+00:00

Mild YTA. Earth does have an elliptical orbit, though that's not the cause of seasonality. The class was geometry though, not earth science. Was it worth it to let it escalate that high? You will run in to misinformed people for the rest of your life. If you decide every hill is worth dying on, you are going to be very angry. Sometimes it's better to say, "I'm not positive, I'll look in to that later." and move on with life.

SebzKnight · 2024-02-12T19:51:36+00:00

I would have led with "if the distance from the sun causes the seasons, why is it winter in the southern hemisphere when it's summer in the northern hemisphere" and see how things played out. Having the teacher realize that their statement is unscientific crap sort of saves face because the student is just being curious/asking a clarifying question rather than telling the teacher they're an idiot (which they are). It might not work, but it's worth a shot.

PoppyStaff · 2024-02-12T19:23:33+00:00

NTA. I wouldn’t let this go. But then I got expelled for arguing so I might not be the best role model.

Ok_Register3005 · 2024-02-12T18:46:42+00:00

Nta..... This is horrible

Welpp_herewego · 2024-02-12T18:52:40+00:00

Go talk to some science teachers at school. I don’t know what the answer is but I’m pretty sure it is because of the tilted axis. I would say go to your library and go on a computer and print it out or if you can find it in a book in the schools library that would be even better

DarkAngelReborn · 2024-02-12T19:19:53+00:00

You're right and the way that they handled the situation is actually pretty appalling. Please do not listen to the people who make it seem like you should not have said something. You absolutely SHOULD. It takes time to learn how to do it in a way that doesn't rub people the wrong way. However, teachers working in k-12 should understand that kids might not always say things without hurting feelings. You're NTA for them failing on multiple aspects of their profession.

75PercentMilk · 2024-02-12T22:52:35+00:00

ESH. Another classic example of just bc you are right doesn’t mean you didn’t go about it like an a-hole.

For your sanity and gratification—you are right. Your teacher is wrong and needed to be corrected.

However, in the middle of class (potentially embarrassing the teacher), while using your phone (which is against the rules) did not set you up for success, it discredited you, despite you being right. Yes, teacher AND principal were deflecting and YES they are a-holes for refusing to see reason.

But something you should learn about life is that putting people on the defensive doesn’t get you anywhere, as evidenced here. And giving them reasons to discredit you, like using your phone when it’s against the rules just adds fuel to their fire. I’m not arguing this is the way it should be (ideally, if you’re right, people listen and the packaging shouldn’t matter) but I am arguing this is how it is 90% of the time. Even teachers, who should have better practice with this, are sometimes out of patience don’t always make the right calls when put on the spot.

A non-a-hole would have followed up after class, not putting the person in the wrong (in this case, your teacher) on the spot. An email with linked sources and why you thought you were right would have likely gone a lot farther and set you up to look really smart and thoughtful, with the added benefit of inviting your teacher to reconsider and salvage their understanding.

I repeat this to myself often when dealing with idiots in power: when they win, you win. It’s a sucky game sometimes, but welcome to real life.

ZestyGolf7654 · 2024-02-12T18:57:08+00:00

NTA

Your teacher was wrong on all levels.

Our seasons occur because of the tilt of earth’s axis. While not a perfect circle, earth’s rotation around the sun is nearly a circle, not an ellipse. However, the Sun is not in the exact center of that rotation.

1962Michael · 2024-02-12T20:01:12+00:00

NTA. They're both wrong and you are right.

But the problem here is that your GEOMETRY teacher was talking about a SHAPE. You need to understand the idea of a major and minor radius. She was trying to explain an ellipse. She got off-track talking about the seasons, and you got her FURTHER off-track by arguing about what causes the seasons instead of focusing on SHAPES.

If you want someone to agree with you, talk to your SCIENCE teacher. Maybe they can come to your defense.

Pulling out your phone in class to disprove something your teacher says, gives her (and the principal) something else to focus on (your rule-breaking) instead of her mistake.

LitChickFree · 2024-02-12T19:27:08+00:00

It makes no sense. If we have Winter when the Earth is further away from the Sun, so would Australia, New Zealand, Southern Africa, Antartica, and most of South America.

I would lodge a complaint with the school board. Incompetence is not a protected class, so your teacher and principal have no coverage.

NTA.

mordwe · 2024-02-12T20:34:51+00:00

When I was in the 8th grade, my science teacher mispelled "plane", as in a mathematical plane, as "plain". I pointed out the error, she said I was wrong, so I said we should look in the dictionary to be sure. She said something like "I don't need to check, I'm right," and I just kind of smiled and then let it go. When someone resorts to that kind of thing, you've won.

It's still unfortunate that people (not just teachers, anyone in a position of authority) get so attached to being right that they can't deal with potentially being wrong. Everyone makes mistakes.

If it makes you feel any better, I'm a math teacher, and I'm careful not to treat students this way.

Another thing to consider is that your teacher might've been more reasonable if you brought it up at the end of class instead of putting them on the spot. That can make people defensive, which is what it sounds like happened.

You're NTA, but you might want to reconsider how you handle things like this in the future.

battleofflowers · 2024-02-12T20:48:26+00:00

You're not an asshole, but you're young so I'm going to give you a head's up: being right doesn't matter as much as you think it does. What matters more are the emotional needs of authority figures.

Bartlaus · 2024-02-12T18:42:46+00:00

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applepiechan · 2024-02-12T18:50:38+00:00

NTA in general. I don’t know anything about geometry so I can’t judge any of that (lol) but as a future teacher I’d be happy if students corrected me or asked questions. It shows that you are invested and no teacher should be intimidated or angry about a student knowing “better” because everyone makes mistakes. However, I do think you could’ve let it go and talked to her after class, plus if using phones is forbidden during class you shouldn’t have done that as well.

woman_thorned · 2024-02-12T20:55:07+00:00

I fought all the way to the school board because I got disciplined for telling a teacher that "mimicry" was not a sound bugs make like "mi mi" but rather like a mimic, like a mime, not a "mi! mi! cry"

Adults really hate to be wrong in public but too bad, they need to model accountability.

iamrosieriley · 2024-02-12T22:20:35+00:00

There are multiple ways the teacher could have handled this. There was a missed opportunity to turn it into a positive learning moment for OP and the class.

“I still think I’m right but let’s see what the class thinks?”

-This could have led to a healthy group discussion and the teacher looking up the answer to resolve the question for all.

“Hmmm…that’s a good point. I’m going to look it up tonight and have an answer for you tomorrow. Another reason elliptical is an important shape is…”

-This could have kept the class on topic, not taking focus off the math subject for too long to disrupt the flow of study.

“Very smart. You may be right! Would you be able to look this up tonight and let us know more about that tomorrow?”

-This could have kept the focus of the students on the geometry lesson, given OP responsibility and also given OP a chance to be right the following day and feel good. OP may have even remembered the moment as a positive learning experience. The teacher missed a great opportunity to show their own dedication to learning and not just being right.

IfICouldStay · 2024-02-12T20:09:50+00:00

You are right, but you shouldn’t be using your phone during class. And you should have saved your objections until after class. If this were my kid I would ask them to write up an essay on it - citing sources. Then present that to the teacher, outside of class away from other students. Give the teacher a chance to correct themself, and teach the children the actual facts. If at that point the teacher and asst principal continued insisting that they were right, then I, the parent, would step in.

Warmwolf28_Kiwi · 2024-02-12T20:18:52+00:00

NTA next time just tell them to argue with NASA if they disagree, and see if there is any way to make a complaint to someone higher in the food chain, these people have no business educating if they can’t even check sources when educating

2024-02-12T20:53:09+00:00

Ehhhh you shouldn't take your phone out in class if it's not allowed and it's geometry class not science class if you wanted to tell your teacher they were wrong you should have done it after you looked up the topic.

Fine-Assignment4342 · 2024-02-12T21:04:15+00:00

Ventech_P3 · 2024-02-12T21:17:06+00:00

Lol post your schools address so we can flood them with support material!

iftlatlw · 2024-02-12T21:23:09+00:00

Let me guess, this is a religious school right? Not particularly evidence-based? I would take sheets of evidence and ask for an apology and mention it to the school board and escalate it.

jibaro1953 · 2024-02-12T21:23:34+00:00

WTF do you live?

Teacher and assistant principal are dead wrong.

LadyA052 · 2024-02-12T21:45:15+00:00

My granddaughter has always been fascinated by animals. When she was in 1st grade, long ago, the teacher was talking about dolphins. As she talked, Abby's hand shot up and she said, "That's not true!" I don't remember what it was about but the teacher was NOT having it. The next day, Abby brought in a book about dolphins and showed the teacher that she was wrong. The teacher apologized. You go, Abby!

LizzieCLems · 2024-02-12T21:59:59+00:00

In my elementary school - our teacher explained that everyone makes mistakes and if we catch her making a mistake and politely point it out - we could get a lifesaver candy. (And in retrospect sometimes she intentionally would add something wrong, etc.)

Phantasmal · 2024-02-12T22:02:32+00:00

NTA

You're clearly correct. NASA agrees. As does this book for 4-8 year olds.

But, this is also a fantastic example of northern hemisphere defaultism.

"Summertime" isn't summer everywhere. The planet has no idea that we think North = Up. Or that we think Up is more important than Down.

We could easily draw the map with the south being Up. We used to draw maps with east as Up, because that's where the sun comes from. If you do that then July is winter on the right and summer on the left.

Is there a local university or college? I bet somewhere there's a student or professor that lives to talk about astronomy, orbits, and axial tilt. Write to the astronomy department and see what you can get. If you're lucky you'll get a live demonstration with an orrery. Those things are awesome.

You and your parents should also write to the school board asking about the poor science standards and how they expect this to impact standardised test scores and college admissions.

Finally, congratulations on learning this important information without help from your teachers! You learned this at some point, and remembered it when it was relevant. For most people it's in-one-ear-and-out-the-other. Learning on your own is a crucial skill, and remembering what you've learned is equally crucial. Never lose that!

Budget_Meaning1410 · 2024-02-12T22:27:52+00:00

On Mr. Wizard’s World, we learned that we have seasons in spite of an elliptical orbit.

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I’m in high school and during geometry, our teacher said that the elliptical is an important shape and gave an example of seasons. She said we have seasons because the earth rotates around the sun in an elliptical orbit so we have winters when we’re furthest from the sun and summer when we’re close to it. That didn’t sound right so I raised my hand and asked her to repeat it. She said the same thing and I told her that didn’t sound right but she insisted that it was. She went on to draw out the sun, earth, and elliptical rotation then explained that when the earth is far away from the sun, its rays loses energy on the way to earth which causes earth to cool. It still sounded wrong so I looked it up on my phone and told her that we have seasons because of earth’s tilted axis but she disagreed and said I’m not supposed to be using my phone during class. We got into an argument about the seasons then she sent me to the assistant principal’s office.

He agreed with her seasons theory and her telling me I’m not supposed to use my phone during class. I argued that she’s wrong and tried to pull up the tilted axis info but he said I can’t believe everything on the internet then gave me after school detention.

I’m at lunch and can use my phone but I’m so angry that no one will look at my evidence.

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Snoo1560 · 2024-02-12T19:01:15+00:00

NTA. Sometimes it's just not worth the effort to correct someone. Unfortunately, some people go into teaching that shouldn't.

Fun-Result-6343 · 2024-02-12T19:40:24+00:00

That is fundamentally wrong. Pretty much idiotic as a matter of fact. NTA.

ncslazar7 · 2024-02-12T19:44:16+00:00

NTA, they are incorrect.

FARTSINAJAR69420 · 2024-02-12T19:53:57+00:00

NTA

Earth's eccentricity (the measure of how flat an ellipse is) is 0.0167. The closer to 0 an ellipse's eccentricity is, the closer it is to a perfect circle. It's not very elliptical, especially in comparison to Mercury with an eccentricity of 0.2056. The sun, for what it's worth, isn't in a fixed point relative to the solar system either. It has it's own little orbit (or wobble as described by some) in the center of our solar system as it's being pulled by the gravity (although, the influence is tiny in comparison) of the gas giants and other planets/masses.

As most users have pointed out, if the red shift due to our elliptical orbit was significant enough to cause seasonal effects - it would occur globally. How does her theory account for differing seasons on the Northern and Southern hemispheres?

No_Total3227 · 2024-02-12T20:20:07+00:00

NTA. You are objectively right, your teacher/AP are objectively wrong, and it's super embarrassing that 2 educators would double down like that on alternative facts. But just as an aside, it's often politically smarter to temporarily stay quiet and play the long game rather than embarrassing the teacher in public or breaking school rules to prove your point. One thing you could have done would be to question the teacher once or twice, then print out the correct information from a reputable source and bring it to them in the morning. Unfortunately now the dum-dums have a legitimate excuse to give you detention.

2024-02-12T20:27:34+00:00

Well Earth is closest to the sun in January so that alone destroys her stupid theory.

Panda-Jazzlike · 2024-02-12T20:36:24+00:00

You could have always left an anonymous printout with this information on her desk.

mind_the_umlaut · 2024-02-12T20:40:55+00:00

NTA. And my heart goes out to you. Dragged down by the fragile egos of adults, who want you to "follow rules" about not using your phone rather than verifying information they should know, and "respect your elders/teachers" even when they are not demonstrating behavior to respect. And this seasons/ tilted axis stuff is not theory, it's been understood very precisely for a long time. And this is high school. Sigh. Good luck. You are right.

SomethingEverAfter · 2024-02-12T20:51:52+00:00

1, you're not supposed to use your phone in class and "but I'm right and you're wrong" is not really a good reason to break that rule.

2, it is disrespectful and disruptive to argue with a teacher in the middle of class. Fun fact, the more you argue with someone and tell them they're wrong, the more likely they are to dig in and insist that they're right. If you think something the teacher said is wrong, sure, mention it, but if they double down let it go for now. Maybe bring it up again privately after class. Maybe mention it to your science teacher and have that teacher talk to them. This sounds like a math class not science, so it's not going to come up on test so it's not going to hurt your grade.

It sucks letting something go when you know you're right and they're wrong, but high school is about learning how the world works, and sometimes that means letting people stay wrong.

ESH. The teacher should learn their science and be open to be corrected if they're wrong, but it's definitely not going to do anything good for you to argue with a teacher in the middle of class.

larmik · 2024-02-12T20:52:56+00:00

I am just beside myself on this. In what universe does this make sense to one person, let alone two in the same school.

Question for the teacher and vice principal.

Regardless of location in the orbit why is it summer in the southern hemisphere when it is winter in the northern hemisphere at the same point in the orbit?

Shouldn't it be Winter everywhere and Summer everywhere if the distance from the Sun mattered.

sparkyflashy · 2024-02-12T21:10:11+00:00

NTA, but also, please learn this lesson earlier than I did: nobody in the classroom appreciated you interrupting and correcting your teacher. It is not your solemn duty to correct everyone who is wrong.

Traditional_Donut110 · 2024-02-12T21:34:16+00:00

You can be right and an AH. Just like you can be smart enough to question authorities and dumb enough to announce you're breaking the rules to those authorities.

2024-02-12T21:38:20+00:00

You should always call out a teacher who is giving incorrect info

Popular_Procedure167 · 2024-02-12T22:18:04+00:00

NTA. However, you probably should have not embarrassed the teacher. You could’ve gone to her privately, showed her the research , and given her the opportunity to correct herself. Had she failed to do so, you then should’ve kicked it upstairs

BalloonShip · 2024-02-12T22:33:37+00:00

The more important issue here is you are violating classroom rules and your answer to that is, "but I was right about what I was looking up on my phone, so it's okay for me to have violated the rules." That's not how rules work.

Also, it doesn't really matter if you're right about an earth sciences issue in geometry class.

You're also partly wrong because you seem to be saying the Earth does have an elliptical orbit, but it does. (You are right, I think, that this is not the reason for seasons, though.)

YTA

xxDankerstein · 2024-02-12T22:37:51+00:00

Your teacher is an idiot, and you were correct. Welcome to life. This is going to happen a lot as you get older. There will be a large group of people that believes something that is completely wrong, and they will not change their mind no matter what you tell them. This is why we got Donald Trump as a president.

anaisaknits · 2024-02-12T23:18:53+00:00

NTA. You are absolutely right. I recall calling out my science teacher in the 9th grade. Her ignorant behind insisted that the closest planet to the sun is Mars! I told her no, it's Mercury. She actually argued with me, and I said it's even in our textbooks. She told me to prove her wrong but the bell rang, so she said to prove it the next day. I had the page marked, and when I walked into the classroom, I opened the book and waited for her to start class. Called on me, and I pointed it out. Well, apparently, she had been teaching this for years, and no one questioned her statement until I showed up. She was humbled and thanked me, and told the class to correct their notes.

So no, your teacher is ignorant, and so is the assistant principal. You're 100% correct.

KiraiEclipse · 2024-02-13T00:13:54+00:00

NTA.

I'm a teacher. I have no problem looking up things I'm not sure about or pulling up proof if someone doesn't think I'm telling them the right thing. In fact, I've most certainly had times where I realized I told a class the wrong thing and had to apologize and correct myself later. It's no big deal. We all make mistakes.

Your teacher reacted badly. They were wrong and so was the AP. We all have a wonderful thing called the internet (which you remembered and they did not). I hate "teachers" who refuse to believe they're wrong about anything. I hate admin who are more concerned with nitpicking a student's phone use than they are with having teachers who know what they're talking about. Honestly, if this had happened to me, my parents would probably be giving the principal an earful.

SnooMarzipans436 · 2024-02-13T00:32:18+00:00

NTA You are correct. You should honestly tell your parents. If I were your parents, I would have a word with that vice principal. The school is responsible for ensuring they teach accurate information and I'm sure many other parents would be very pissed off if they found out their kids were being not only taught incorrectly, but also being punished for questioning those incorrect teachings.

TreyRyan3 · 2024-02-13T01:08:18+00:00

Yes. You’re all partially right and wrong at the same time, but the elliptical points have nothing to do with seasons. That is all axial tilt.

The 23.5 degree axial tilt of the Earth is responsible for seasons as the Earth revolves around the sun in an elliptical orbit.

As a result the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun during summer months and away from the sun during winter months.

However, the elliptical orbit has two major points, aphelion and perihelion, furthest point and nearest point

Currently Perihelion occurs in the early part of January when the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun. The southern hemisphere therefore experiences hotter summers.

Aphelion occurs in early July when the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, yet the Earth is further away from the sun, leading to milder summers for the northern hemisphere.

Now interestingly enough, perihelion and aphelion actually shift about 1 day every 58 years so in about 11000 years, the northern hemisphere summer solstice will coincide with perihelion.

But this would be a good time to actually sit down and graph out this information and write a paper justifying your stance with facts. Don’t be a dick about it, but just provide the evidence.

2024-02-13T01:34:28+00:00

I had to move in high school from an advanced school in New York to a southern hick school in Atlanta. The level of educational differences was obvious on day one. I tolerated the atrocious grammar coming from my English Literature teacher for about half that first class before I asked to be excused. When she asked why, I told her the whole truth. She demanded I head to the principal’s office. That’s when I told her that was my plan and why I asked to be excused. So, parents were called in for a meeting. Grandma decided to join them. Took about five minutes for Grandma to come to the same realization I did. When challenged on what made her such an expert on English, my grandmother introduced herself as English Lit Professor at New York College. I was offered another class immediately.

Love you grandma.

bobertf · 2024-02-13T01:38:06+00:00

NTA. earth’s tilt on its axis is “the reason for the season”. I get your frustration on a personal level. I still have vivid memories of bringing a teacher an article that demonstrated I should have gotten a question right on his test. he ripped it up and said history is what he tells us it is. that was well over 20 years ago and I’m still not as old as he was, but I like to think when I’m his age I’ll still be open to being wrong. I never want to close off to learning new things just because it annoys me

jakeofheart · 2024-02-13T01:42:03+00:00

Easy: asked them why New Zealand has Summer like temperatures when we have Winter like ones, and Winter like temperatures when we have Summer?

The tilting of the Earth has a more significant impact on weather than its elliptical path.

Def NTA.

FLSunGarden · 2024-02-13T02:09:18+00:00

If she were right, then we would have two winters each year! You shouldn’t have looked it up during class though you could have brought the info to her the next day. In fact, you should. Include your principal. But don’t be disrespectful of the rules while doing that. ESH

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1, you're not supposed to use your phone in class and "but I'm right and you're wrong" is not really a good reason to break that rule.