#like kiddo there isnt just one homophobic president

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I will say, one thing I LOVE about teaching middle schoolers these days is that with the internet, you never have any idea what information kids already know or how that information has been processed in their brain.

So like, our textbook includes some stuff about the space program, including Ronald Reagans speech after the Challenger Shuttle disaster.

And one of my students goes "who was president when this happened?"

Me: "Ronald Reagan."

Student: "....wasnt he the homophobic one?"

Me 😶"...........you're probably thinking of how he mishandled the AIDs crisis in the 80s. Yes, that was him."

Student: "....bet, miss. Magic Johnson has AIDS."