Math teacher forced to use flawed software, maliciously complies with the help of her students: 'She had an army of eighth graders [...] send thousands of emails to the CEO'

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    "How my 8th grade math teacher fought corporate greed and negligence with the power of gummy bears"
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    I know that's a wild ride of a title, but I promise it's all true so buckle up When I was in eighth grade, I was in the first year of an experimental technology school. I had a class of about 180 eighth graders (12-14 year olds) and about 10 teachers.
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    So everybody shared the same math teacher. For our first semester we used a software called Gage. Its was alright for most classes, but it was absolutely atrocious when it came to math.
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    Nothing worked with math. We were supposed to use the lessons they had, but it just didn't work. Math symbols didnt show up right and some questions even had the wrong answer marked.
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    My math teacher wasn't allowed to just move to paper, and the company insisted that the problem was that our math teacher was older and just didn't understand technology. They said that if she had a genuine issue to email them.
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    One day, I get to class, and there are 7 email addresses written on the board. She told us that we were going to go through our math lesson today, and take screenshots of every mistake we found and email them to the companies executives. One screenshots = one email. 10 emails = a packet of gummy bears.
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    We had a blast trying to send as many emails as we could. One kid got ten packets of gummy bears by end of the hour class.
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    By lunch the principal called my teacher aside and asked for her to stop. She said " no! My afternoon classes haven't had fun yet!"
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    Long story short, our school district got all of its money back from using the software, and the company no longer exists (or they changed their brand out of shame. Idk, I just cant find them anymore)
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    Tl;dr: the software company said to email if she found a actual issue, so she had an army of either graders, inspired by gummy bears, send thousands of emails to the CEO and other executives.
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    Chaotic Thoughts905 The power of gummy bears is something that should never be underestimated!
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    ikea-lingonberry As a teacher, I 100% believe this. Especially for packets of gummy bears! What could be a better motivator? Awesome story, OP! Hope this gets to the front page!
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    gaviniboom The company with the buggy software saying that the teacher's older and just doesn't understand technology... ... projecting much?
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    katieno14. - She was also still teaching math - you can't take a screenshot of a wrong answer if you don't know it's wrong. Very smart!
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    krazekrittermom. I don't remember gummi bears but I DO REMEMBER this issue with that company!! I think I might love your math teacher.

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