open the schools

== English == === Etymology === Originally referred to the COVID-19 lockdowns and their negative effect on education. Popularized widely by a Twitter post by then-US president Donald Trump, use as internet slang remaining after the end of lockdowns. === Interjection === open the schools (Internet slang, idiomatic, humorous) Expressing that someone is wrong or misinformed, especially where something should be widely understood (e.g. learned in school) but is not. ==== See also ==== get real === External links === “Open the Schools”, in Know Your Meme, website launched 2007