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If you think your teachers are scary, you’ve never met the education specialists from George Orwell’s 1984. Now listen up, because math class is just about to begin …

Video Transcription:

Good morning, class. Please take out your notebooks. We’ll be starting our day with an arithmetic lesson.

Everyone paying attention? Good. Here’s our lesson for today.

2 + 2 =

Class, I’m very disappointed. We went over this yesterday. The number four is not the answer. Big Brother says it isn’t the answer, so it couldn’t possibly be the answer.

Now listen carefully:

2 + 2 =

I’m waiting for you to say five.

It isn’t so hard to remember. 2 + 2 = 5. Now say it with me.

2 + 2 =

I’m not pleased with you, class. Not pleased at all.

Let’s move on to language arts. Recall from yesterday that we’ve been working on synonyms—two words that mean the same thing.

For example, war is peace. Ignorance is strength. Now here’s today’s question:

Freedom is _________.

Who just said liberty? The answer isn’t liberty, it’s slavery. WHO SAID LIBERTY?

Was it YOU?