Teacher: Huh, nice shirt, know who that is?
Kid wearing a Che Guevara T-shirt: Uh, the drummer of Foo Fighters?
Teacher: No, it’s Che Guevara. Do you know who he is?
Kid in shirt: Oh, didn’t he, like, fight Communism and Castro?
Teacher (under his breath): (sigh) Fucking public education.

St. Paul, One of the high schools
Overheard by Ironic, who wondered if this kid will be in his class later.

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