Misunderstanding About Wheelchair

Teacher: "Okay, so how are you going?"

Student: "I'm not going."

Teacher: "Oh, so you're a wheelchair person?"

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Explain Bear

Listen up, buttercup. This "joke" plays on the double meaning of "going." The teacher asks how the student is doing, but the student interprets "going" as in moving or walking. So, because the student says he's "not going", the teacher assumes the student is in a wheelchair because they can't walk. The joke is that the teacher made an assumption that the student is in a wheelchair without asking or knowing for sure, which is insensitive. Based bear thinks you can do better!

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