When A Six-Year-Old Is Burdened With Glorious Porpoise

In first grade, my teacher was reading a book about dolphins to the class. She was ad-libbing as she read and made a comment about dolphins being fish.

My hand shot up.

Me: “Mrs. [Name], dolphins are mammals!”

She sighed heavily.

Teacher: “No, they’re fish.”

Me: “They’re mammals!”

This went back and forth for a while before she finally told me to just be quiet.

I went home fuming. I tearfully told my mom that my teacher was wrong, spreading misinformation!

The next day, my teacher hurried up to me, bent over, and whispered barely audibly in my ear that she learned that dolphins were mammals, and she was sorry.

I again told my mom when I got home.

My Mom: “Well, that’s good that she apologized, right?”

Me: *Furious.* “NO! All the other kids still think dolphins are FISH!”