public american schools. good times.
in eigth grade science class, a girl named Kelsey raised her hand and asked the teacher how to spell some pretty obvious word (I can't remember the exact word...it was like whale, or something equally as easy). the teacher wrote it up on the board and said "that's how you spell it. and your name is spelled D-I-N-G-B-A-T."

five minutes later her voice was heard from the back of the classroom:

"HEY! KELSEY ISN'T SPELLED WITH A T!"
(sponch!, Sun 9 Jan 2005, 8:53, Reply)