Does "over 18" include 18?
My teacher asked us today, "Is anyone here over 18?" And I raised my hand. He said, "No. Not if you are 18, I meant over. Then and only then, you're an adult. If you are 18, you're not there yet."
What?
That's the first time I've ever heard that. Isn't he wrong?
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Your teacher's semantic games mark his as an idiot. The moment your 18th birthday occurs--12:01 a.m. on the birthday, regardless of the time you were born--you are legally over 18 and from that moment onward you enjoy all the legal benefits of being over 18.
I suppose he'd think you were over 18 if you put a slip of paper on which you'd written 18 in your shoe? (I read about people trying to enlist in WWII by doing this so they wouldn't be lying about their ages. On discovery of their real ages, they were kicked out of the military and encouraged to rejoin when they were of age.)
Yes. He's a dipshit. At 18 you're legally able to do "Adult Things" Therefore you're an adult.
It's 18 and over. Your teacher is an idiot
He's dumb