Teacher has the most epic response after learning 8th graders didn't know 'buffaloes don't have wings'

Every day is an adventure for almost all teachers, especially for those who teach middle school students. A woman, who goes by u/Fivedayhangovers on Reddit, shared a post revealing a hysterical experience her boyfriend had while teaching science to a class of 8th graders. During a discussion, the topic of buffaloes was brought up and the conversation that continued was hilariously intriguing. The boyfriend narrated the scenario to the woman as soon as possible on chat and later on, she shared a screenshot of the conversation on Reddit. 

The post read, “My boyfriend is a teacher and just sent me this. He teaches 8th grade.” The chat began with the man revealing, “In science class today, the students learned that buffaloes don’t have wings.” The shocking statement added a heapload of questions which somewhat got an answer with the message that followed. “They thought that’s what they’d been eating,” the teacher added. “They were truly upset,” he continued. He went on to mention that he was so baffled by the response of the students that he had to “sit down.” Even his partner was too confused to figure out what creativity caused this hysterical confusion.

The woman's response read, “Shut up,” followed by a trail of laughing emojis. The conversation left people on the internet in stitches and many could totally relate to it—they too had the same confusion once in their lives or had known people who believed this. u/withoutdenisnedry wrote, “I once had a student I was tutoring ask why I’d use a wink without a smile. This was college and I was trying to show her how semicolons are used.” u/BloodDragonN987 added, “This reminds me of the survey from 2017 stating that roughly 7% of Americans believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.”

u/jrak193 remarked, “I have to admit I didn't know that Buffalo wings weren't made from Buffalo until I was a teen. But to be fair, I had never really had them growing up. Also, it wasn't until recently that I realized that they're named after the city.” u/bestbuyguy69 wrote, “If chickens have wings and there are chicken wings, then when you hear the word 'wings' with another animal's name, your brain will automatically assume it's also a correct name and not a misnomer.”

u/johnr942 shared, “In high school, I worked at a hardware store. With new hires, we would send them into the plumbing section to find the fallopian tubes. ‘They are in the second aisle, third shelf down. What do you mean you can't find them?’” u/Temporarythat3421 said, “I am not even a little bit shocked. My significant other used to be a chef and would engage in a little friendly hazing with any younger new hires in the front of the house or on the line by telling them that they specifically bred teeny-tiny little buffaloes specifically for buffalo wings. Tons of very gullible college-aged people out there.”