07 Apr 2011, 8:30 pm
blackcat
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08 Apr 2011, 6:16 am
Descartes wrote:
My 5th grade homeroom teacher was some grouchy old lady. She'd always make sarcastic remarks at students, and she seemed grumpy all the time. I honestly thought she just didn't know how to be nice. 
My chemistry teacher from high school seemed inept at his job. He wasn't mean or anything - actually, he was very nice to me - he just didn't explain things very well. I honestly have no idea how I managed to pass that class. I suppose he just liked me.
One of my spanish teachers from high school wasn't very good at her job, either. She didn't speak english very well, and couldn't seem to control the class.
What a b***h! You should have had your mother make another complaint.
Good for you for doing that. You also should have told your mother about that.
My chemistry teacher from high school seemed inept at his job. He wasn't mean or anything - actually, he was very nice to me - he just didn't explain things very well. I honestly have no idea how I managed to pass that class. I suppose he just liked me.
One of my spanish teachers from high school wasn't very good at her job, either. She didn't speak english very well, and couldn't seem to control the class.
blackcat wrote:
My sixth grade math teacher used to yell at me for not doing my homework and embarrassed me in front of the class when I would get bad grades on the tests. I was at a Magnet school at the time and while I was doing well in my other classes, I did very poorly in math. I was not ready for algebra. Anyway, despite how she treated me, I liked the teacher. I would watch her interact pleasantly with the other students and decided that she was a nice person. I assumed that I deserved whatever she said to me. Around the middle of that year, my mother asked me if I ever asked questions in the class when I did not understand, and I replied "no.". She wanted to know why not, and I said that I found the teacher intimidating and did not particularly like to ask questions (I decided not to tell her the reason behind that). So, my mom called up to the school and told the teacher what I'd say, assuming that it would help. Get the teacher to ask me if I understood to prompt me to ask questions. Her attempt backfired, and from the next day until the end of the year, the teacher made fun of me every day to my entire class and told them how my "mommy had to call [her] because [I was] sooooo intimidated. The class found that hilarious and friend's that I had previously made would not speak to me anymore.
What a b***h! You should have had your mother make another complaint.
blackcat wrote:
My 7th grade science teacher used to be very sarcastic to her students. She often insulted me with what I took for complements (other students had to tell me that she was being sarcastic). One day I was in class, done with my work ahead of schedule as per usual, and started working on a story that I had been writing for most of that year. She came over to me, smiled, and asked me what I was writing. I took the smile as an invitation, so I launched into this explanation of my story. I was excited that someone was interested...or so it seemed. She smiled again and said "You're writing a story?" and I said yes and went back into my monologue as she lifted up a few pages. I assumed that she wanted to read it so I said "That isn't the beginning. Let me find page 1 for you.", as she ripped it into two pieces and tossed it in the trash can. I just sat there in stunned silence while the rest of the class blew up and students started saying things like "That was screwed up!" and "she was finished with her work. she does that every day!". The teacher just told them to shut up and that her class was not writing class, it was science and she only wanted science to be worked on in her class. I got out of my seat to retrieve the papers from the trash and she said "if you get it I will send you to the office.". I grabbed it anyway and tried to staple it back together. She yelled for me to go sit in the principal's office fore defiance and I said "You had no right to do that. It wasn't yours." and then I left. I ended up getting detention.
Good for you for doing that. You also should have told your mother about that.
Meh. After the whole issue with the 6th grade math teacher, I never told my mom anything that happened at school for fear of being embarassed like that again. I didn't even tell her about the detention in 7th grade. I just told her that I needed to stay after school. Didn't give a reason. She assumed that it was school work related.
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08 Apr 2011, 6:17 am
ryan93 wrote:
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Let me find page 1 for you.", as she ripped it into two pieces and tossed it in the trash can. I just sat there in stunned silence while the rest of the class blew up and students started saying things like "That was screwed up!" and "she was finished with her work. she does that every day!". The teacher just told them to shut up and that her class was not writing class, it was science and she only wanted science to be worked on in her class. I got out of my seat to retrieve the papers from the trash and she said "if you get it I will send you to the office.". I grabbed it anyway and tried to staple it back together. She yelled for me to go sit in the principal's office fore defiance and I said "You had no right to do that. It wasn't yours." and then I left. I ended up getting detention.
You handled that very well
Thank you. =]
09 Apr 2011, 1:46 am
