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30 Unnecessarily Ableist Things Students Saw Teachers Do, As Shared By Twitter
Humanity has progressed quite a lot when it comes to human rights, respect, tolerance, and the like, but there is still a ways to go as inequality and discrimination is still a thing—quite a big one, actually. And the internet has become a bit of a platform for people to share such experiences.
Shira (@shirainspired) recently went to Twitter to ask people what was the most unnecessarily ableist thing a teacher ever did to them. For those unaware, ableism means discrimination and social prejudice against a person with a disability. This is usually based on the belief that typical abilities are superior.
Image credits: shiraisinspired
A good number of people responded to her, sharing some of the most heartbreaking experiences they ever had in school.Bored Panda has compiled a list of some of these responses, which you can find, vote and comment on below.
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Busy_D 4 years ago
As someone who had an asthma attack and could barely run the small distance to my room before almost passing out, i gotta say this is stupid
dogdog 4 years ago
as someone who didn't have an asthma attack and could run to my room i also gotta say its stupid.
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Doggo Froggo 4 years ago
I hated that. I once needed my inhaler (not badly but I was uncomfortable) and the lady in the school office wouldn't give it to me because I didn't need it badly enough???? I have really mild, under control asthma but I can still occasionally have trouble breathing and that was one of those times.
sylvantic 4 years ago
I was having an asthma attack at school and the nurse yelled at me for not having an inhaler. My asthma is super mild usually and I hadn't had an asthma problem in years. My doctor said I didn't need one, but sure, go yell at the kid who's wheezing in your office. It was also finals week.
P-Rex Mama 4 years ago
At my school the nurses had to hold onto my inhaler and EpiPen. They also could refuse to give either to you if they didn't think it was necessary. After one nurse refused me my EpiPen I called 911 from my phone (I was 17 at the time). She just kept pushing me to drink water and I knew I didn't have a lot of time. I was told they ended up getting there right after I lost consciousness (school was close to the hospital and police station). The nurse finally gave me my EpiPen before they came in. I ended up just keeping spares in my backpack after that.
BluEyedSeoulite 4 years ago
Sounds like a lawsuit is needed to change that policy
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alwaysMispelled 4 years ago
My fam told me to ignore that rule and keep mine on me and if the school ever tried to get me in trouble my family would've flipped out.
Liz Malcom 4 years ago
I experienced the same thing at every school I attended and when a teacher saw me using it and reported me I told the nurse and principal they could pry it from my cold dead fingers and if they didn't like it I'm sure my mother, an attorney, would love to discuss it with them. They shut up.
Delia Collins 4 years ago
I left the school in an ambulance THREE times because of this same stupid policy!! Once, another student found me collapsed in the hallway because I ran out of air before I made it. I could have died.
Roxanne Monroe 4 years ago
My son's school has this policy. I had to get a note from his doctor & we had to show the nurse he can do it on his own. Before that I told his teachers to keep it in his backpack. I have asthma and no way is my kid going to try and locate the nurse while having an attack. Crazy.
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Viviane 4 years ago
I don't understand the teacher refusing to wear a microphone.
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Piper McLean 4 years ago
What! I would have told my parents and have them contact the principal
Viviane 4 years ago
I understand that you would have been a natural advocate as a 10-year-old. However, not every 10-year-old has the training and personality to react quickly in the face of threats.
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For anyone who wonders what Indigo Channing was up against, here is another post: "Prior to that, when I started Kindergarten, my elementary school straight up said “lmao we’re not providing adaptive equipment”. It was the same year the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed. We had to pull in Senator Tom Harkin to talk some sense into them."
Billy The Kid 4 years ago
Really!!! If that happened to my kid I would be straight up that school and punched him/her in the face!
Aimee Robertson 4 years ago
This makes me absolutely sick! Two of my children are Deaf and they depend on those devices to succeed. They've been blessed with wonderful teachers who all care about their success. My heart hurts that this happened to you.
TheGreatTovini THEGREATTOVINI 4 years ago
"It was giving off horrible mind controlling waves!" "It's annoying!" I've heard variations of both. Just on the internet.
Niall Mac Iomera 4 years ago
I just used one for the first time this week while teaching, within 5 minutes I completely forgot I had it on. I can't understand the mentality of a teacher like this.
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Billy The Kid 4 years ago
Teachers should be encouraging this. If i have a student that is a fast learner and well ahead of the others i will ask him/her to help those that are behind. This helps me out and it gives the student a sense of pride that he/she is doing something good.
Tiari 4 years ago (edited)
Genuine question: What does this has to do with disabilities? Don’t get me wrong, it’s horrible, but why is it ableist?
Ashasaurus rex 4 years ago
My thoughts exactly. It doesn't so much describe ableism. Being able to read above your grade is not a disability. I would call this a case of bullying. The teacher sounds like an absolute Karen.
Load More Replies... Busy_D 4 years ago
I was yelled at for reading the "Harry Potter" books in second grade. I was also told i obviously don't pay attention bc i read too fast?
angie but who cares 4 years ago
same i think reading levels shouldn't be mandatory because they are so fuckinng stupid
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Piper McLean 4 years ago (edited)
My teachers knew I was a fast reader and would let me go to library whenever
Keri O'Donnell 4 years ago
Weird thing for a teacher to do but don't understand how it's 'ableist'
Brian in BC 4 years ago
Good for Mom, what a jerk! He likely slept through the sensitivity part of his education in college.
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
I was born in November, and in 1966, when I was due to turn 6, the cutoff to go into first grade was the end of September (there was no kindergarten in the school system, for some reason). Anyway, even though I was still 5, I could already read, write, add, and subtract. My mother was a housewife, and would essentially give me schoolwork to do so I’d be quiet and occupied while she did her housework. The school system required my parents to bring me in for testing, to see whether I could go into first grade at almost 6. I passed with flying colors, and my parents said to let me start school that year or risk me losing interest. First day of first grade, my teacher organizes reading groups, based on ability. Being 5, she assumed I was illiterate and put me in the least able group. By Day 2, she realized her mistake, and put me in the top reading group. Teachers should know not to assume anything about a student, because you just never know what kind of intelligence and talent a kid has.
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Piper McLean 4 years ago
I would report that if it was me ( then I would probably chicken out tho)
Brian in BC 4 years ago
At 12, you might not be so brave, eh Piper. Like your attitude though.
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Amanita muscaria 4 years ago
WHAT? HOW IS SHE ALLOWED TO DO THAT?! THAT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL! WHY IS THIS PERSON STILL A TEACHER? THIS TEACHER IS A HORRIBLE PERSON! THOSE ARE YOU PRIVATE THOUGHTS! HIT HER!
Valerie Tayler 4 years ago
Y’all are forgetting these things happened to KIDS. Few kids have the wherewithal to stand up to adults in positions of power/authority. Evening they did, they would be likely to be crushed for daring to question that authority. Maybe things are changing. I hope so.
Viviane 4 years ago
My first thought was "Asshole". That's straight-up bullying.
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Bruce Scheiman 4 years ago
I have to say that I am SHOCKED, by some of the cruelty displayed by THESE TEACHER'S! Like High School and Junior High isn't hard enough, to have to have horrific teachers like this? ITS BREAKING MY HEART! To Be mean is one thing! BUT.... to be incredibly cruel for no reason, but just to taunt and bully a child?!? I have no words!
DogMom 4 years ago (edited)
I’m not shocked at all. In first grade I threw out a muffin my mom packed in my lunch because I didn’t want it and my teacher made me take it out of the garbage and eat it. Looking back now I so wish I had told my parents because they would have hit the roof. At that age though you think all adults are in the right all the time and you don’t know better.
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Brian in BC 4 years ago
That is invasive, like reading someone's diary. Not to mention cruel and highly unacceptable.
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Billy The Kid 4 years ago
You should of had a word with her after class and tell her how degrading it was her acting like that.
Just JoLynn 4 years ago
The problem with that is you're asking a kid to stand up to an adult authority figure, most aren't brought up, by family or society, to do that.
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CalicoKitty 4 years ago
Where I'm from, the cut off for being a teacher is absurdly low. As in, fail out of a subject and scrape through the rest. This makes education an easy role for anyone who wants a fairly decent wage, attitude towards children be damned. As a result, working right alongside your hardworking Miss Honey and Mr Nye, there's a (disturbingly large) proportion of teachers who are entirely intolerant of any kid who doesn't fit into a nice, neat box. They feel inconvenienced by the kids, so they take it out on them. Or they're just asshats who shouldn't be around other human beings (e.g. see below). That too.
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𝕯𝖊𝖛𝖎𝖑'𝖘 𝕮𝖔𝖗𝖓𝖊𝖗 2.0 4 years ago
She should have been fired for asking student do they take medication! That is disrespectful!
Janine Hunt-Jackson 4 years ago
Teachers like that should be ashamed of themselves. Of course, they're too insensitive for that!
Purr·maid 4 years ago
I would seriously punch that teacher's face in for that!! And I'm not normally a violent person.
Znaya 4 years ago
Some teachers did not believe ADHD was a thing, a lot of them put their own personal feelings into it and took it out on students, and the students would shut down because in a way they were being bullied by the teacher, I am speaking facts as an educated and professional person
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Brian in BC 4 years ago
Rude, hell, that's crude! That teacher has a total lack of empathy and has no right being a teacher.
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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago (edited)
My daughter had a teacher that would kick my daughter during floor time if my daughter wasn’t looking at the teacher or was moving. My daughter also has ADHD and struggles with eye contact and used to rock or fiddle whilst on the floor. She would also call my daughter a baby when she cried and when my daughter reported a child for touching her inappropriately the teacher called her a liar. BTW these were all in year 1. My daughter had the label of the naughty child by many teachers at the school when she only had her ADHD diagnosis but when she got her Autism diagnosis some attitudes changed coz the school could get extra funding. Well we ended up changing her school and so glad we did. The new school made so much effort to try and help my daughter with a lot of her difficulties and even created a personalised program just for her.
Koolkat 4 years ago
I had the same thing happen to me. In 3rd grade this kid in my class stuck his hand up my shirt, so I pushed him away really hard. He got mad and we ended up in a fistfight in class. Teacher was understandably pissed, and asked what was going on. When I told her what my classmate had done, she just straight up called me a liar in front of the whole class and said I was imagining things. Sad part is I never told my parents about it and I believed that I had imagined it all for the longest time.
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Joan Humphreys 4 years ago
Appalling and illegal. Violates rules for improperly disclosing medical information (HIPA) and is bullying.
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Shelp 4 years ago
I feel like we can't totally blame the teacher on that one. What were they supposed to do if nobody knew about the disease? There are enough forgetting kids that don't have any disease and just... forget things.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
You can’t blame the teacher but it sure would be nice if teachers tried something besides punishment to fix a misbehaving kid. Teachers are stretched thin but that poor girl was innocent and I’m sure she’s not unique. Must be other kids out there going through something similar.
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Pan-crastinator 4 years ago
Hm, it seems like I have the symptoms of Lyme's Disease without ever even going outside
Popcorn Colonel 4 years ago
I had that too. My gym teacher was mad at me for getting the disease bc he thought i had it to get out of class. I could not walk for a full day. Who would fake that.
Martha Meyer 4 years ago
Well, how would the TEACHER have known that. It's your parents responsibilty to take you to a doctor.
Caroline Overill 4 years ago
My ex colleague's fourteen year old child collapsed across his desk at school. He was sent out of the room for playing up. He had had a stroke and is now in a wheelchair.
WiTchY_WoMaN 4 years ago
Seems like an awfully harsh punishment for a second grader who isn't paying attention...I mean, most probably don't, right?!
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Pezor Zass 4 years ago
One of the things that makes me most angry nowadays is looking back on how much awful racism was hidden from white kids. my non-white friends were too scared or just used to it to talk about it and i had no idea what they were going through. I would have done anything for them, even just being there for them if that's what they wanted. When i was old enough to get what was going on and i looked back at all the adults i used to look up to, my respect for humanity just went poof and never really came back.
Grumble O'Pug 4 years ago
Next time some wack-a-doodle on this site tries to deny racism, racial profiling, remember this to them.
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
Wow, I have never heard of schools drug testing their students before.
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BabyCharmander 4 years ago
Yearbook photographer took a picture of me sleeping in class and tried to get it into the yearbook just to mock me because I slept in class frequently. Turned out I had mono. (Also my friend and I sneaked into the computer lab and deleted the photo off the server so it couldn’t get into the yearbook.)
Marianne Contrino 4 years ago
Wow, how awful for her, no teacher should ever behave that way!!! Her revealing the reason for sleeping in class, is a great example of why I always keep a box on my desk labeled, "I Wish My Teacher Knew That...". It's a way for the kids to share with me things going on in their lives, things that they may be too embarrassed to say face to face. I have learned so much about my students, and have been, not only able to adjust my approach, but also diffuse situations, and redirect students before behaviors got out of hand, or heck, just be a sympathic ear. I swear, there's way too many teachers out there who NEVER should have stepped foot in a classroom, that's for damn sure. Smh.
Brian in BC 4 years ago
Good grief, where were the counsellors in that school? How blindly misunderstanding can a teacher be?
Aunt Messy 4 years ago
When I told my "guidance counselor" in school that my father was beating me, I showed him the bruises. I wanted help. Instead, he phoned my father before I was even out of the building to tell him about my "lies". When I got home that day, he cracked three of my ribs, dislocated a finger (I put it back myself, I was used to it by then), and kicked me with his work boots when I was on the floor, bruising my kidneys. I pissed blood for a week. I was 11 years old. ...//... Oh, and no. I was never allowed to go to the doctor for any injuries. Thanks Mom!
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If the teacher didn't know any of this, and just saw a student sleeping in class - I think calling it out is a pretty standard reaction - isn't it? I've never been in a class where someone fell asleep, but if it happened I have no doubt my teachers would have assumed that you should have gone to bed earlier and called it out. And that would only mean that they leapt to the most obvious conclusion - not that they were bad people. Have I just led too sheltered a life, because I'm not going to think of domestic abuse as a reason for sleeping in class?
Lucas 4 years ago
A healthy child sleeping in class isn't normal. If not going to bed is the issue then that needs a conversation with the parents who should be ensuring the child gets enough sleep, they shouldn't ignore it. In any case the teacher should question the child privately after class, no need to shame. That crap belongs in the past. With children you have to consider the worst case scenario is a possibility. Naivety in teachers is not helpful.
Load More Replies... Cameron Washington 4 years ago
i would be ur friend and punch those bullies in the nose and balls
OrangeChicken 4 years ago
My Health teacher never shames anyone for falling asleep and always asks if something is wrong, (Insomnia, or cases like this). I have never seen any other teacher do that, and was amazed.
sissy piny 4 years ago
You've no right to sleep in class. Stress isn't an excuse; I'd say about 95% of kids are stressed out.
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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
Even if there was no issue with your eye, it is still poor form for the teacher to single out someone and then laugh at their appearance.
Erica Cochrane 4 years ago
we had a topic on healthy eating in p4 (age 8 i think), and part of it was that the teacher would weigh every single student. the problem was, i hit puberty at age 8, so i had grown massively, i was taller than the teacher (i think i was about 5'7'' at the time, age 8!) and when she weighed me, i was obviously a lot heavier than the other kids. she loudly berated and mocked me in front of the whole class for this. i have had weight problems my whole life, since then, and i wouldn't be surprised if this was a trigger for it.
Jen Cook 4 years ago
Wow, I was born premature and have surgery periodically to pull my eye in but it takes a lot of maintenance and exercised and as I kid I wasn't always a fan of drops and exercises and it would wander. I'd have been devastated if this happened to me. I wish I could tell all children that when a teacher makes fun of you they are actually much sadder than you and you have your entire life to be better and have them truly understand how much better than the teacher they are in their moments of shame.
MangleTangle 4 years ago
I have lazy eye and when i was younger, i was super sensitive about it. I would right then and there just break
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Busy_D 4 years ago
My teacher yells at me for doing this too. She actually told me it was "Her time" and everyone should only be focusing on her even though she was just barely talking about random stuff to a different student.
Viviane 4 years ago
Only focusing on her? She feels neglected if the entire class doesn't eavesdrop on her?
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EA 4 years ago
This! In primary school I was always really far ahead with reading and would often finish work early. Would ask if I could read by book then just get shouted at, and made to feel like I was stupid for rushing or I must be cheating. wasn’t allowed to read books at the ‘higher’ level either, and had the same old books to read time and time again.My mum took me to the library every week, so I would smuggle library books in to read at playtime. I’d have to sit ‘quietly’ on my own for the rest of the lesson instead of being allowed to read or move onto more advanced work. It’s things like this that push kids back and make them reluctant to work hard later on. I don’t consider myself to be particularly clever, my exams in secondary school weren’t anything special. Don’t consider myself to have any real skills either like sports or music or artistic skills, my thing is that I love reading and can read really fast. Kids shouldn’t be punished for that and shouldn’t be discouraged from learning.
Viviane 4 years ago
I don't understand making a kid sit still with nothing to do - is that supposed to prepare them for sitting in doctor's reception areas if the magazines aren't interesting? Smuggling books into school - I like that! Reading quickly is a great skill. You can speed up studying or prep fast for a meeting.
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Phoenix 4 years ago (edited)
I had a teacher like that. I always carried multiple books on me in elementary school just because I finished stuff fast, as did some other kids in my class. So it was normal to just pull out a book when you were done. But one day this teacher comes in(replacement because the other teacher had to move) and tells us if we finish early it’s our fault, and that we should just stare at the wall. Now I was an energetic kid, if something wasn’t occupying my hands or my feet I was gonna start tapping. So my foot starts tapping as I stare at the wall thinking about what would happen if I could control animals, teacher yells at me, I stop and grab something out of my pencil bag to mess around with in my hand. He confiscated that. So eventually I end up getting mad and get sent to the principles. This problem was never resolved and I spent half a quarter in 4th grade Math class being forced still and staring at the wall. I dreaded that class so much, we couldn’t even doodle on the paper. I moved thankfully and still hold a deep hate towards that teacher.
Cassie 4 years ago
My son's fourth-grade banned him from drawing in class. She then demanded a meeting with me to complain to me that he was being disruptive in her class when he finished his work early as if it was my fault.
BluEyedSeoulite 4 years ago
How is drawing disruptive? As a teacher, I don't care what you do when you finish your work, as long as you TRIED on your work and aren't bothering other kids. Read a book, doodle, stare at the clock, poke pins through your skin, idc.
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OLIVIA NORMAND 4 years ago
i have ADHD, autism, asthma and anxiety. which sucks when i'm in class
Nubis Knight 4 years ago
I'm a teacher and would enforce reading after someones done with the works. Only thing I don't want to see is using the Smartphone. I even provided magazines and books.
Just a girl in a crazy world 4 years ago
I am very lucky, I have ocd and this kinda twitch that I do were, it’s hard to explain, but like I act out my imagination with my hands (my classmates ar used to it but I’m scared to go to high school because kids I don’t know might be less understanding) and I usually finish things really quick. Luckily my teachers have always made sure I have something to do, because this can make my skin raw, and now of my teachers have always been pretty understanding
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Viviane 4 years ago
What's wrong with taking notes? I tend to take notes during meetings and I encourage others to take notes if I'm teaching them. It takes a bit longer, but it saves tons of interruptions ("How do you do that again?"). When a colleague trained me and said, "No! Don't take notes!" I told him: "I have to. I can't rely on my memory."
Susan Reid Smith 4 years ago
I write while things are going on, call it taking notes. It is what I have to do to concentrate.
Aave 3 years ago
I was studying art, and this one teacher kicked me out from her class because I was drawing while she talked about art. She insisted I was insulting her by not listening, while I tried to explain that doodling helps me to concentrate. Luckily another teacher was much more understanding so I got my grade. Ugh.
Susan Egan 4 years ago
When did taking notes become a bad thing? I would think any teacher would be happy.
Anna Bender 4 years ago
I got in trouble in high school for drawing my notes. I'd draw what I was learning instead of writing it. my teacher accused me of doodling and not paying attention. after class, I brought my drawn notes to him and 'read' them to him and he admitted that I had the lesson down pat. he let me draw my notes from then on.
Lisa Chambers 4 years ago
I had a teacher like that. I have to write everything down they are teaching. I had a notebook for each class, color coded. And every day no matter what they were instructing, I took notes. She was real stupid looking when she realized I basically transcribed her class. I still do the same. Once I write it down, I dont have to study. I might go back and reread them to refresh memory, but I dont do anything else.
Beatrice Multhaupt 4 years ago
I got lucky: Mrs. Kaplan noticed that I was drawing all the time and said, ''I was sort of hoping you'd study literature but you'll do fine in art school''.
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Billy The Kid 4 years ago
And when she asked for it i would say " its right there in the trash where you left it"
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
If this ever happened/happens to my child I would be storming into that classroom to have words with the teacher. I do not agree with homework unless it is work that wasn’t finished in class, reading or sight words. Everything else can f**k off. The kids are at school for 5 days a week and approx 6 hours a day. After school and weekends is for family time, personal time and learning life skills at home like cleaning and cooking etc.
Shelp 4 years ago
I don't get it. It makes me so sad to think that all those bastard teachers were once enthusiastic students who genuinely wanted to work with kids. Maybe they're bitter and meaner now, but they definitely shouldn't let their frustration out on the poor children.
BabyCharmander 4 years ago
I bet the feeling some teachers aren’t actually enthusiastic about teaching kids but rather just like to be controlling. I once had a principal who had a very controlling husband, so she would vent her frustrations by making the school’s rules so overly-strict they were incredibly hard to follow. My mom bought me clothing for that year (all modest, neat clothing, nothing offensive about it) and the principal made the dress code so strict that I could wear literally none of it to school. Even for students who followed the dress code, she would look for excuses to give us demerits for dress code violations. I was forced to remove my shoes one day because even though they were dress shoes, “they look slightly like tennishoes.”
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Cheesy Panda 4 years ago
In 4th grade I had a teacher who did not let us do homework in class. At one point we were having free time and some kids decided to do their homework during this time. Long story short those kids got yelled at and their homework thrown in the trash 🙁
Viviane 4 years ago
I don't understand forcing someone to do homework at a specific time and place. So what if they want to get homework done quickly? You think many managers and supervisors are going to tell employees "No! You have to take a break NOW!" Actually, I did have a colleague who tried to bully me into taking breaks instead of working. I was so glad when she got her dream job in another branch. And thank goodness she didn't become a teacher.
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I did this often in school, still do in highschool, I don’t like working on HW at home because I could shut do it in school. It makes no sense that when nothings going on you can’t do something productive so that you save time. Most my teachers were ok with it as long as I didn’t bother them as they explained it, but there’s always a few that get mad at you for doing the work they assigned while they explain it.
Cameron Washington 4 years ago
that is bs is it because its home work and your at school *bu dun ch*
Daria Z 4 years ago
A teacher once yelled at me and accused me of insensitivity because I was quietly studying her subject while she was going on and on about her long-past medical condition 😕
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Lmao! What an idiot. You should have told her you didn’t care about her weird old body.
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Wade Love 4 years ago
Saw the name on the post, and was amazed at the overlap of life and art. That wrist-sign is a play straight out of Trunchbull's playbook.
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Carys Dotzler 4 years ago
That is so mean and I know this from experience that even in elementary school you can get embarrassed.
Lord Mysticlaw 4 years ago
Ok but excuse me, imagine having Matilda as your many/caretaker ( I know I'm so besides the point, sorry)
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Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago
if you're living in a lonely world, I recommend taking the midnight train to anywhere
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Brian in BC 4 years ago
Who assesses these misfit teachers - talk to the parents, learn about your students, and STOP assuming you know it all.
CalicoKitty 4 years ago
I don't think anyone does. In any case, many know all they need to. They simply don't care, because all humans have the capacity to be arses, no matter their occupation.
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Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago
Back in my day they called us "daydreamers" even though I excelled in class, I would wander off after assignments etc. "Bobby does wonderful in his work but daydreams..."
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
“Well-maiming”? A teacher flat out telling a student, that they’re lazy, that they (the teacher) are disappointed in them, and that they’re just not applying themself is the exact opposite of “well-meaning”. It is a flawed approach at best, downright sadistic at worst.
Evelyn Petisce 4 years ago
I hear ya! Me too. "You have such a high IQ! Your grades should be a lot better." And on and on to both me and my parents about how I didn't apply myself and I was lazy. Never once did they think that I was just bored out of my gourd or had ADHD, both of which were true. No tests back then, but I still have it.
Nala.Wang 4 years ago
awww :( my parents separated when i was in year 2 and my grandma took care of me. One day we had a performance as a class and teachers said girls had to wear red ribbon. I did not have red ribbon at home so I just asked my grandma to tie my hair up. On the second day my teacher called me dirty in front of the class because my hair was not properly washed for this performance. and some ppl in my class said ewww. They thought I wasn't taking the performance srsly, but I really just had so much family issues going on that time and I was 7 that time. people just assume but they don't know what is that person going thru.
Lord Mysticlaw 4 years ago
My daughter too. When the talks in the hallway didn't work they phoned me. I told them I don't think they're teaching very well. I homeschool now.
Carla Yvonne Noomen 4 years ago
Recognize that!!! I am 72 now, diagnosed at 65 with ADD, so They always told me I was lazy, dreaming in the class, ADD didn't exist by then, so I found out when I was 65, it was a relief .. I now know I wasn't lazy, not stupid, But when I was young I thought I was. Found out I am really good at certain things, like thinking out of the box, good with computers, I am very creative and became an artist, I am now proud of myself, but it wasn't easy..
Carla Yvonne Noomen 4 years ago
Sorry my comment came under the wrong post
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Carol Emory 4 years ago
My autistic son had issues with controlling his anger. If people teased him, he'd sometimes get so mad he'd throw things. All his teachers knew this. So when my son was suspended for throwing a notebook at his teacher, I asked him what happened. Now my son is a mockingbird. He repeats whatever is said to him in the manner it is said to him. His teacher apparently started teasing him calling him names in front of the other kids. My son's mental health therapist chastised her in the principals office when they were trying to decide if they were going to expel him. Needless to say, he was not expelled, he was removed from her class and she was put on notice.
BluEyedSeoulite 4 years ago
Honestly, I think every classroom should have CCTV with sound. It would make this situations happen A LOT less and make it easier for teachers to figure out problems with students
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Chaotic_pansexual 4 years ago
I hate the teachers that refuse the help. I’m in high school and struggling because I’ve formed a habit where if a teacher refuses to help, I refuse to care. I’m working on correcting that but I don’t hold myself fully at fault that it was formed because caring about a class in which the teacher doesn’t care only leads to frustration and crying, honestly.
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
I well understand the “misinterpreting a question” part. I usually end up having to ask for clarification, because my brain tends to come up with all the variations, so I just want to make sure I have it right. Some teachers are patient and understanding, and know that the dummy is the one who doesn’t ask questions. Others not so much. Some are out and out sadistic m***********s who love nothing more than to humiliate someone who actually only wants to be sure they understand the instructions correctly. They’re the “teachers” who I hope Karma goes downright full blown medieval torture chamber on.
Sue User 4 years ago
God I just did this in an interview ( asked clarification ). The question was describe steps for testing ? My response was " is it functional, qa, integration, regression ? Is it an initial release, new feature, bug fix ? " I don't think they appreciated my thoroughness.
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Matthew d 4 years ago
So you made a mistake and had to redo the work and somehow the teacher is bad?
Brian Gross 4 years ago
5 times. do you even read.. oh wait you misinterpreted it.
Load More Replies... Olive Stirk 4 years ago
once in class (i get stressed out a lot and cant focus well) my teacher was pressuring me about a math question. she asked me if I knew the answer. i said i didnt. she told me to say the answer. repeat x 4. end with me crying and MY TEACHER SENDING ME TO THE BATHROOM TO CaLM doWN. no wonder I've been feeling depressed
Carrie Roettger 4 years ago
My geometry teacher in 10th grade did that. She was a cross country coach and had a problem with band kids. She'd help the jocks and other people but when one of the 3 of us needed help she would say she didn't have time or we should have paid attention to her teaching. She also made us the scapegoat for things. We had an UIL marching competition coming up and our band director scheduled an extra practice for an evening. Every other teacher was understanding and either gave really light or no homework for the classes that day. Not her, she gave extra and announced to the class that if the band kids didn't finish their homework everyone in class would get a quiz. Practice went until 10:30 or so that night. None of the 3 of us got it finished so quiz. The other 27 kids hated us.
Freyja Cooper 4 years ago
Omg. One time we had to summarize a few paragraphs in our own words, and I had to do it several times before it was different enough. It was so stressful, and my hand was cramping by the end. Why do teachers do this? Making us do something repeatedly isn't gonna make us magically get it
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ScarlettofHydraIsland 4 years ago
That’s horrid. But if they trigger your gag reflex, take revenge and throw up on her.
Susan Trevaskis-Owen 4 years ago
I know someone who did exactly that. She told the teacher that eating baked beans would make her sick & was made to eat them anyway. Puked the whole lot back up on the teacher.
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Xylle Flora 4 years ago
I could never eat all the food my mom packed for me because I didn't eat a lot, but one teacher just yelled at me until I unzipped my bag and forced it down my throat.
Load More Replies... Keri O'Donnell 4 years ago
When I was in primary school I always needed to pee about 20 mins after break, my teacher told me I wasn't allowed to go anymore and had to go at break so when we were reading round her desk one day I just pissed right there as I was scared to ask to get out and I left a little trial of pee right back to my chair lmao
Aj Grimes (they/it)🦄 4 years ago (edited)
Candy, most fruits, and dairy trigger my gag reflex. People make fun of me for it and say that I'm lying.
Carol Emory 4 years ago
The only thing you have to do is tell your parents to notify the school that you have a middle allergy to mashed potatoes that makes you hurl. If they've been notified by a parent or guardian, they can get sued if they try to force you to eat it.
Stephen Hutchison 4 years ago
Yeah, I hated sauerkraut -- it made me very sick -- and my teacher tried to force me to eat it. I slammed my milk carton and said "I don't have to eat rotten cabbage!" -- it splashed and she claimed I threw it at her. No. If I had thrown it at her it would have hit her more directly. I was forbidden to go to school until I apologized. I explained but my stepmother made me apologize anyway by beating me until I submitted.
Viviane 4 years ago
That's terrible from both adults. The beating is adding insult to injury. In that situation, I would have tried reasoning: "Yes, the teacher was wrong, but sometimes you have to apologize to assholes to avoid bigger problems." It might not have worked, but I can't imagine beating a child. Another option would have been to try to find a more suitable school or to see if the school is legally allowed to deprive a child of an education or threatening to charge the teacher with assault.
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MuddyPuddles 4 years ago
In primary school the dinner lady would stand over me and wouldn't let me eat my lunch until I held the knife and fork in the correct hands. I'm left handed and at the time holding the knife in my left hand felt more comfortable. Thanks to that cruel woman I now hold the knife in my right hand
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Karl Baxter 4 years ago
PE teachers at my school were a mix of sadists taking out their inferiority complexes on those not built for sport and borderline paedophiles. Still hate sport with a passion 40 odd years later.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Lots of inferiority complexes in education.
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earringnut 4 years ago
No child should be passing out in school. These "adults" are just horrible.
Aj Grimes (they/it)🦄 4 years ago
My friend has asthma so it's kinda hard for her to run, but she gets made fun of for it and people tell her that she is just lazy. This type of situation makes me so mad.
Lorelai Purvis 4 years ago
i have EDS. my PE teacher in elementary was luckily very nice and knew about my condition, and she told me once if i ever feel bad i can sit out until i feel better. she was awesome.
Rens 4 years ago
I was only diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at 40; all through school I was bullied by teachers and students, onete
Rens 4 years ago
One teacher tried to force me to be right handed by tying my left hand behind my back. I was told I was a daydreamer, slow and would never amount to anything.
Load More Replies... Xylle Flora 4 years ago
If you live in Florida that's pretty common (except no one passes out.) All of us were sweating really hard but the teacher would make us sit outside for the rest of the period.
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Sarah Wolske 4 years ago
I gave my daughters and the school a nytimes article and nih study that supported doodling for children with adhd and told them to f*** off and stop making her feel bad
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Sally Appleton 4 years ago
My history teacher was the exact opposite. She was a doodler herself and we would often come into class and find that she had drawn something amazing over the whole chalkboard while she was doing lesson plans.
BabyCharmander 4 years ago
Gosh I’m the same—I have to draw in my notes or I can’t pay attention, and I had a teacher who got mad at me for “doodling.” Fortunately all my other teachers understood that I was a good student and my drawing wasn’t hurting anything.
Anime SImp 4 years ago
i doodle in math class a lot and my math teacher is pretty nice about it because she knows it helps me focus
Jan Feline 4 years ago
Something very cool. I also focus better when doodling. I expained this to my boss, and at the next all-staff meeting, he had the tables lined with drawing paper, so everyone who wanted or needed to doodle could do so, and feel comforttable doing so.
Martha Meyer 4 years ago
I learned as a substitute teacher that this actually helps focus most, if not all kids. Used to read stories while they coloured. My first instinct was that the opposite would happen and it would be a huge distraction.
Pau Tea 4 years ago
All through elementary school me and my desk mate were doodling. When the teachers would notice, they would make us repeat the last sentences they taught to which I would perfectly replicate them. I do that now too when zoning out of discussions and my so catches me doing it :)
PrincessTheSiameseKat 4 years ago
I was doing an exercise that helps with my anxiety and my after school teacher screamed at me. he got fired
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Ashes_The_Kitty 4 years ago (edited)
all my teachers have done that. not my fault I have ADHD and now have no arms.🙃
Load More Replies... Becky Lombard 4 years ago
As a teacher with ADD (diagnosed after most of my career was done) I was appalled at that tactic. I told kids that I had to dump my purse nearly every day to know what was in there. So we had "Dump your Desk" days often. Kids could turn over their own desks (safely), which they loved. Of course you didn't have to dump it. This kept the forgotten rotten milk cartons from stinking up the room.
Xandra, The Little Hufflepuff 4 years ago
that happened to me in second grade tooooo! Hawthorne Acadamy SUCKED
CalicoKitty 4 years ago
A friend of mine had this too. Teacher would dump their stuff on the ground. And it's all little kids?? (All things considered, if the teaching staff is acting like this you shouldn't be putting pretentious things like 'Academy' in your school's name...)
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TESSA DAVENPORT 4 years ago
Ummmm I’m pretty sure that’s normal, that or every teacher at my school has problems :^
Jill Pulcifer 4 years ago
I had a third grade teacher do the same to me, she told me the first day of class that she didnt like me and we wouldnt get along because I was wearing an outfit she deemed "sexy". I was 8! To make it all so much worse, I was all ready struggling with self hate over that stuff due to an inappropriate adult in my life. Im almost 40 and even though she's been dead several years I still hate that woman.
PjandBolt 4 years ago
My 1st grade teacher did this too, but on a more low-key level. She'd look at all the kids desks and she'd empty the ones that were messy and put everything on the desk during recess, and when we came back she said "uh oh the cleaning witch is at it again!" It was actually kinda cute ig :/
Ruthie MEme 3 years ago
MY fifth grade teacher made fun of me and called my desk a pigs sty, he also got mad at me because i had to walk up to the board to read it because i lost my old glasses in fifth grade a week before lock down
Flavia Slag 4 years ago
I had a teacher in 4th grade do that, But she would take all the things out of your desk and put them on your chair. I was sick for about a week . She knew I was sick at home and she did the desk thing. The kids ended up stealing little items that I had. She did nothing about it.
Lisa Chambers 4 years ago
Ah my mom and my drill instructor would do this. The key is to never let it be a mess and never let them see it unless its time for inspection.
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Busy_D 4 years ago
There is no right way to do art. And this teacher did nothing but stunt creativity and shame kids.
Stannous Flouride 4 years ago
In a college Art 101 drawing class (I needed to take as a pre-req for a painting class even though I was already a published illustrator) I was marked down for drawing an amorphous shape as hovering in the air above the table it was sitting on. The assignment was to "Draw what you see." Admittedly I was just trying to make the assignment more interesting but when I argued (in private after class) that he had no way to know "what I was seeing" he asked me to drop the class.
Load More Replies... Xylle Flora 4 years ago
My kindergarten teacher shamed me because of the white spaces I left while coloring. She pointed to another girl (my friend) and said, "Why can't you be like her?!"
Mishka Katira 4 years ago (edited)
Same thing happened to me when i was really young. I went to this one daycare, I hated it there . Kids picked on me, i told the teacher, she didn't do anything about it. I got in trouble for the things other kids did. For example, One kid got cut with broken glass, teachers blamed it on me. I'd never even met the kid, and didn't know what glass even was. The worst: kids ripped up my artwork, teachers scolded me and took away my recess for 3 days for coloring outside the lines. I. Was. 2. Years. Old! And i had ADHD.
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Susannah Murdock 4 years ago
My parents were called in for a conference with my kindergarten teacher and the principal when I colored a tiger purple. My parents laughed at them and said I could whatever I wanted.
sylvantic 4 years ago
My school's art teacher would refuse to let you use brown bc it's "not a color" and shamed me because my gradients were stripey. What do you expect, I'm 9.
Viviane 4 years ago (edited)
You're way ahead of me at 9: I didn't know what a gradient was. As for the colour brown, I guess Mufasa and Bambi will have to be turquoise or shocking pink. If you get grief for that, tell the teacher you were inspired by Henri Matisse. One of my fave paintings is his portrait of his wife from 1905.
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Carol Emory 4 years ago
My husband spent days doing an abstract painting of figures dancing around a walled city while it burned. It was really good. He took it to his college class and the TA said "that's not abstract. This is" and proceeded to spray my husbands canvas with dark paint ruining the work he'd done.
primeline31 4 years ago
Coloring outside the lines too much at that age is often done by students who do not take the time to be more careful. It is to condition them to be more careful, training them to pay attention and not just jump ahead. Doing so leads students to not read and understand test questions, making foolish mistakes and bring grades down.
Freyja Cooper 4 years ago
I had a ton of trouble staying in the lines as a kid, but I also consistently had some of the highest grades in the class. I think it's more about motor skills
Load More Replies... Carys Dotzler 4 years ago
There is no right way there is only creativity and what you feel like doing in art
Piper McLean 4 years ago
First of all there are no rules in art and second of all why would anyone do that to a kindergartner?!!
M O'Connell 4 years ago
Coloring in school is as much an exercise in expression as it is an exercise in developing hand-eye coordination. I distinctly recall having failed "scissors" in kindergarten for that reason.
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TooManyFandoms 4 years ago
no, she needs to be jailed. punishment for child abuse is mostly 5+ years in prison
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Tenley Samson 4 years ago
i swear character is the one word that i never know how to spell the ONE WORD
Paul Budhram 4 years ago
There white and grew up in the 50s I guess. Tell me if I have the wrong idea but I believe that was encouraged or something them smh
Load More Replies... Brian in BC 4 years ago
Picking on a child's disability is unacceptable, urging others to ridicule even worse. What did your Mom say or do about it?
WholesomeArmyweeb 4 years ago
Dude that’s awful. THIRD GRADE TOO! character is hard to spell as it is
Adelaide Nelson 4 years ago
I had a substitute who slapped kids hard enough to leave marks. She then threatened us with swears and more hitting if we told anyone about her. She was then fired, thankfully. I was in 4th grade
Ronnie Beaton 4 years ago
I had a teacher like that when I was 6. She didn't believe in dyslexia, and according to her I was just "lazy" and "stupid". Same teacher once got me so upset about some tiny trivial thing, that I threw up on my desk.
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Lexi Mitchell 4 years ago
“Get the Cotton out of your ears” is a really old saying, I’d actually bet the teacher didn’t know or remember this kid had hearing aids.
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
Being deaf is so hard, people can not see it so therefore it does not exist. I am partially deaf and a hearing aid just would not work so therefore I am rude, ignorant and ignore people.
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Hotrobot 4 years ago
I feel this post so much. I was diagnosed then it was ignored, my mother years later still denied me ever being diagnosed.
Ian Koch 4 years ago
your mother is a b-tch. (at least she seems like she is.)
Load More Replies... Silre 4 years ago
I never knew I had Dyscalculia until I was in my 20s and one of my psychology professors brought it up and I was like "?????!!!!!!!"
Amber odom 4 years ago (edited)
I have dysgraphia, it was explained to my folks that I just needed to try harder. I only found out this was a thing when a friend was talking about his, also in my 20s
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Brenda Spagnola 3 years ago (edited)
I wasn't diagnosed until I went to college at 30. I was a psychology major, student leader,, and an honor student (president of psychology honor society and school honor society), but no matter how hard I tried I couldn't pass intermediate algebra (barely passed intro). I knew I wasn't stupid and I knew I was trying. Finally, one of my Psi Beta advisors suggested dyscalcula. .She tested me. Felt good to know why it seemed impossible for me. Letters & numbers don't go together. LOL
Khrystja 4 years ago
I self diagnosed after I, out of curiosity, searched "is there a name for not able to do math" Dyscalculia popped up and I a 49 year old woman burst into tears!! I spent my entire life thinking I was so stupid in math. I simply can't see numbers in my head. I can't work out math in my head. I was in school in the 70s and 80s and back then there was no name for it other than stupid and lazy. I also found out through proper diagnosis (also at 49) that I have autism and ADHD (as well as bipolar and BPD quiet) Expaslined where my son got it from as well as all the quirky things I've done my ENTIRE life that I was mocked, bullied, put down (mostly by my family no less) by people from work, my church, or just strangers in general.
Robert Thomas 4 years ago
as a 7th grader with adhd and dyscalculia if feel really bad for you also i hate maths
Nubis Knight 4 years ago
I may have missunderstood, but shouldn't your parents have you tested? I'm a teacher and not sllowed to send students to get tested, the parents must decide and do this.
Skadi Lifdis 4 years ago
At least they knew. I was diagnosed when I was in my 20's after my college math teacher realized something was wrong. I was told by everyone I just "wasn't paying attention" or "applying" myself. Their reasoning stemmed from my extremely high test scores in the language part of the tests...but conversely didn't look at my dead last math scores every stupid year and figure out I had a problem. Nope. I was just "being difficult". The kicker - when I told my mom about the test (I scored 8 out of 10 on the scale they used) she STILL questioned it and then immediately started suggesting my younger sister (who, by all accounts doesn't struggle with numbers and is training in a career that relies on number accuracy) had it. I STILL struggle with numbers down to even saying the proper number when reading it out loud and switching them.
PrincessTheSiameseKat 4 years ago
I have dyscalculia, ADHD, ADD, APD and OCD I struggled badly in school
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Willows 4 years ago
Yeah, back then (and still in some place) left handed people are considered monsters. It’s disgusting.
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Freddy Martin 4 years ago
My dad was forced to use his right hand, but even now he's still good with his left hand, but he calls himself ambisinister (two left hands) instead of ambidextrous (two right hands) to denote that he's equally bad with both hands. Not meant to call left handed bad btw, just to be the opposite
Derek Clark 4 years ago
I was made to write right handed too, they thought they could discourage it (this was early nineties) and only gave up when I couldn't keep up. No ruler hitting at least, like they did with my grandmother and mother back in school. It took a long time to get pens and scissors for left handed people.
LottieH 4 years ago
My brother was forced to do the same too, also in the 90's, UK. It was stopped when my parents went in to school about it.
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Patrick Speers 4 years ago
I got paddeled for writing with my left hand in kindergarten in Canada in the 1990s.
Laura Mende 4 years ago
That was quite common in the past... Happened to my Granny in the 40's.
Kimberly Herbert 4 years ago
My mom came home from her first day in school with a swollen back and blue hand. She was hit with a ruler for writing with the side of the devil. This was a public school in Canada. Pop had a visit with the teacher and principal and made it clear to never touch one of his kids again.
Carol Emory 4 years ago
This happened to my aunt too. It's because some old school, antiquated Christians believed that writing with your left hand means that you fell out of favor with God. Ironically enough, the strongest people in the Bible, like the warriors that went to help David, were left handed or ambidextrous.
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Just a small town girl. 4 years ago
People think that we can control our ADHD but we really can't help it!
Willows 4 years ago
IKR! I was diagnosed with ADHD inattentive type in 7th grade, and one of my teachers told my mom, “I don’t care what the doctor said, she isn’t hyperactive so she doesn’t have ADHD.” 🤦🏽♀️
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Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Chickens shouldn’t be subject to small children like that. Chickens aren’t just toys for kids to hold with their overly sticky, overly grippy hands.
Becky Lombard 4 years ago
You adjust the conditions of the environment to help the student pay attention, regardless of the label or lack of one!
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Amanita muscaria 4 years ago
That's just dumb! You are a amazing artist if you are careful and you draw neatly! Teachers should be proud if their students are so neat and draw like that!
M O'Connell 4 years ago
I was ridiculed for "not learning my colors properly" in kindergarten. Deuteranopic colorblindness tends to make that a difficult test to pass.
Viviane 4 years ago
At my job, creating online educational material, we're taught to use clues other than colour to distinguish things. For example, if a field must be filled out, it'll say "Questions with an asterisk must be filled out". Contrast is important too - text might be readable to one person, but be barely visible if someone has colorblindness. The smaller the text, the more contrast one needs.
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Erica Cochrane 4 years ago
i used to get into trouble for taking too long on creative writing assignments. because i wanted to write properly, and was trying to write something good, not just a couple of paragraphs
Marcia Cash 4 years ago
My son got a failing grade in art because he is color blind and painted orange trees.
JinxBox 4 years ago
Many of the people comolaining here have never had to teach at a school. The lesson here was to next time control perfectionism enough to get the job done in the given time -a valuable lesson you later aply in work and life in general. Getting stuck on making it just the way you like it is not the way to go in working life. I'm am artist and done teaching. (Never learned to finish my paintings myself)
names and books 4 years ago
perfectionist or not, you should turn in your assignments on time.
Viviane 4 years ago
Perfectionism can be an issue at work if a deadline is mandatory - setting priorities is one way to get around that. Not finishing a rainbow in Grade Three is not exactly missing time reserved at the printing press or not having the sets painted in time for opening night.
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Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
Sure, when a student’s desk looks like a pig sty, a teacher should talk to them about it. But keep it private and constructive. Help them learn how to keep their area clean and organized, and to see how much nicer and easier things are when they do it. But the teacher should NEVER EVER make a public scene about it! It’s humiliating for the kid and potential career suicide for the teacher. If a teacher would be humiliated by an authority figure doing something similar to them, they should understand that their students feel the same. Kids are humans, and have feelings, too. FFS, teacher!
Lucy Skinner 4 years ago
One day, my teacher complimented me on my neatness. That night, she met my father and realized that he was not from the US. He didn’t know where, just that he wasn’t American. The next day she said, “even though your family has a different idea of cleanliness, you need to be neat.” So, so mad.
Flavia Slag 4 years ago
Was that a thing they were told to do back then? Had a teacher (And I use those words loosely) do the same.
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Brian in BC 4 years ago
Hard to know her intent, but give her benefit of the doubt.
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Anita Hummelshøj 4 years ago
shortly after entire class me included did gfreat on an eye exam, I claimed not being able to read the blackboard and I was moved to the front and I still complained, everyone thought I was just being stupid, I was myopic with 2,5 and 3 (plus astigmatism), but as autistic I was able to remember the eye charts and didnt know better...
Ozacoter 4 years ago
I went from 0 to needing strong glasses to see when I was 11-12. My parents are really lazy and took months to take me to get glasses. Most of my teachers let me sit in the front row to see the board but my math teacher refused and made me sit at the end. I failed months of math exams because I couldnt see what numbers she wrote in the board. what was even the point?
lisa lahey 4 years ago
Rude, yes. Productive, yes. I don't like the delivery but I like the result
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Piper McLean 4 years ago
Just because someone seems lazy doesn’t mean that there isn’t something else going on. It’s hard not to think somethings like this but that’s still no reason to publicly shame someone
Lexi Mitchell 4 years ago
Look, I sympathize, but I don’t think teachers should have to assume every single kid had some kind of medical condition if they have trouble participating in things. Most of the time kids ARE just lazy or don’t want to participate, teachers can’t assume every single kid has Lyme Disease and ADHD.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Exactly. The teachers don’t need to be mean about it but it isn’t mean for them to just assume a kid is being difficult.
Load More Replies... Aj Grimes (they/it)🦄 4 years ago (edited)
I got made fun of in P.E. last year because I had to sit out sometimes bc my period isn't normal and I can be on it for two months. People always said I was too lazy and that I would feel better if I did the exercises. I tried to do the exercises but my stomach would hurt worse.
CheshireMitsu 4 years ago
mewton, exercise isn't the answer to any girl problem like you must think. exercise is good for pregnancies as long as you don't overdo it, where your immune system will grow weaker and mood swings will worsen. during a girls period, they say that exercise helps, but it doesn't help everyone, because each girl's is different. my sister's cramps will be horrible if she doesn't get her daily walks, but mine will worsen when i try to go on them with her to get rid of mine. clearly you don't know how they work
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Jasmine Hufflepuff Henderson 4 years ago
I have asthma and the amount of times I got yelled at for not running during PE when my teachers KNEW I had asthma because I had notes and I had to remind them every day that I have asthma because otherwise I got yelled at. So I feel this. One of my teachers I told before we started walking the track and within five minutes of me not running they asked why I wasn't running.
DogMom 4 years ago
My grade 7 gym teacher put in my report card that I made multiple “attempts” to skip her class. I don’t know what that means to this day as you either skip a class or you don’t. At most I might have been 5 minutes late on occasion because it always took a bit longer for me to change into my gym clothes. Thankfully my parents knew what kind of student I was and knew that was bullsh*t and stood up for me. Even got me out of her class the following year. By grade 9 I had a new teacher at a new school and excelled in that class. She actually made me like physical activity which I didn’t think was possible before.
Laura Mende 4 years ago
My PE teacher was sports student. She had far too high demands on us. We were children! This is not the Olympics!!
Jenny Shmurak 4 years ago
In 4-6 grade, in sports class, I always got really bad grades. The very fat girl in my class was doing worse but got better grades because "she was trying". The teacher just assumed that because she was fat she can't do better, and I'm (medium weight) was not trying. But I did. This is how you get kids to hate doing sport. At 20 I finally found out way I had trouble breathing after running a few meters: asthma. I still hate sport and can't make myself do any. I tried a few but I can't last.
Brian in BC 4 years ago
You got that right, but how does a child get the message through except by talking to her parents and hoping they can understand and help?
Sarah Rearick 4 years ago
I recently found out I'm terribly allergic to grass which might be why when they took us to the grassy fields in elementary school to run I was always last even though in retrospect there was no reason I would have been so behind the other children physically. I always took it for granted that I was unathletic because going around the field once made me pant and wheeze.
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Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
Professors don't have any pedagogical training, but are people with advanced degrees in their fields. This often does not mean they are good at teaching and many view teaching as a chore they have to do to pay for research. And if the research brings in money they can do pretty much whatever they want without admin much caring.
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Katrina B. 4 years ago
This is where you go to student services, get accommodations, and then if the professor doesn't accommodate you, go to the chair the of the department (if they are the chair, then the vice provost.)
Amanda Reicha 4 years ago
I have epilepsy and it showed up in 4th grade. I was constantly getting punished for acting out in class and not paying attention. I complex partial seizures (psychomotor) made me "act out" and absence (petite mal) seizures made me not pay attention. I would come out of the seizures confused with the teacher yelling at me and the students laughing at me. I feel your pain.
Brian in BC 4 years ago
I had a college teacher (he was no prof), who berated my lateness as an adult student with three children in front of the class. We had a session after class in his office where I explained the facts of life. He was better after that.
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Busy_D 4 years ago (edited)
That is a gross and accurate description of the public school system.(In America)
Catherine Richardson 4 years ago
I don't know why people call the US America, it's not even the majority of North America!
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Heather W 4 years ago
Yeah, I used to get in trouble even after my Tourette's diagnosis until my Mom went to the school. She was scary. I miss her lol Sadly my daughter has it too so I made it very clear to every teacher what it was and what she did and how they would not call her out on it unless they wanted her to do it more.
Carol Emory 4 years ago (edited)
There was a guy I worked with at the learning lab in my college. He would constantly be clearing his throat and I would hear comments from other students about how disruptive he was. He and I sat down in the lunchroom one day and I asked him if he was on any medication from his Turrets. His jaw dropped because he said I was the first person at the college to recognize it was Turrets. Educate yourselves on the conditions that can disrupt learning...or better yet...stop judging people and try to be encouraging, not discouraging.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
The kid couldn’t help it, even if it was disruptive or annoying. This is a talk you have with the parents, behind closed doors.
Cian Thomas McHugh 4 years ago
I remember that I often got in trouble for talking in class, but I had tic disorder, so it was just ableism.
Brian in BC 4 years ago
Another misfit teacher, report him/her again until they get it right. Where were the parents in this?
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Theo C 4 years ago
Well i don't think it's all about perfect the way perfect should be, it's more about perfect as in your body and mind have to work the way it's "normal" for them to work or people are jerks to you, which is just so frogging unbelievably MALEVOLENT and i HATE it.
Load More Replies... CalicoKitty 4 years ago
Injuries? Possible trauma? Individual states of being? Never heard of them.
Brian in BC 4 years ago
Unbelievable - such a teacher is a misfit and should be moved out of the classroom.
Carol Emory 4 years ago
My neighbors daughter would skip school on a regular basis. She was failing nearly every class. I found out after a while that her older sister had Dyslexia and had dropped out of school at 15. When I asked the youngest daughter if she was having trouble reading and doing math, it was apparent that she had Dyslexia as well. She also told me that she would get called out and chastised by the teachers that thought she was just being lazy. I offered to go say something to them about it. She declined, so I suggested she let me home school her. When I proved to her she wasn't dumb like the teacher's called her, she decided to pursue a GED. Both her and her older sister went to state programs for learning challenged individuals and, not only did they get their GEDs, the older one became a CNA.
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Carol Emory 4 years ago
If a teacher had done this to my son, it would take everything in my power not to straight up punch him in the throat. I was 9 months pregnant with my son when we went to a fireworks display. Every time a loud firework would pop, my stomach would jump. Ever since he was born, my son has not liked loud noises like fireworks and thunder. So you can imagine how thrilled I was to be living across from the University Football stadium the year the President decided that every home team touchdown would be met with a cannon going off.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Was there some point to this exercise? Seems like there wasn’t but who can trust a child’s opinion really.
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Izzy The Bisexual Mess 4 years ago
Please excuse this.. *INHALE* F*****g bitch can't do that! He is a burden to society and should be fired and live on the streets. AND you confronted him. any f*****g teacher who does that should have never gotten the job in the first place!
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
That is awful. I don’t reveal my weight to anyone (except medical professionals). I am doing a weight loss challenge with my mum and brothers and I won’t even tell them my weight. I just have to let them know how much I lost or gained each week.
Claire the Bear 4 years ago
as someone with an ED, if they would've told me my weight after I told them not to I literally would've cried! I'm fully recovered but I still don't know my EXACT weight, and I don't need to unless it's for a medical professinal
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TheFakeSteveRogers 4 years ago
I just don't understand, how do these teachers even get their Jobs?
Deceased Nemo 4 years ago
This is not ok on a molecular level this he and anyone else that thinks this is ok needs to be fired.
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Busy_D 4 years ago
This need to be banned, teacher can't tell us when are bladders need to go.
Aj Grimes (they/it)🦄 4 years ago
My teachers would get mad for me going to the bathroom almost everyday bc of my period.
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Sarah Tate 4 years ago
I had a middle school math teacher refuse to let me go to the bathroom during her class. And I REALLY had to go. I mean WTF is wrong with these people? You can't tell a kid they aren't allowed to have normal bodily functions!! I finally started to cry because I was about to wet my pants and she relented and let me go, but it should NOT have come to that. I swear for a lot of them it's just a power trip.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
They can’t stop you from just standing up and walking to the bathroom. Stop asking.
Kisses4Katie 4 years ago
I had accidents in kindergarten from this kind of thing. And then you'd get in trouble for that. I had a LOT of trouble in school. Debilitating anxiety to this day.
Izzy The Bisexual Mess 4 years ago
Seriously?? With middle schoolers this MIGHT be ok, but 1st graders can't help it!
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
You’re an idiot. It’s never okay to tell someone when to pee or poop unless they’re specifically somewhere where it’s impossible (like a Ferris wheel).
Load More Replies... Brian in BC 4 years ago
Holy crap... might as well tell the child to stop being human!!! Teacher need remediation!
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Cat Dolivo 4 years ago
We had to run the mile in gym at elementary school as well, so I know what that feels like. I was always the last one back
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago (edited)
Just fail the semester then, what difference does it make? I mean the rule should be different but it isn’t your problem. Don’t let it be.
PrincessTheSiameseKat 4 years ago
oh gosh I have acid reflex triggered by running and this would like kill me
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angie but who cares 4 years ago
why tf do teachers have such a problem with mental math it is an important skill to develop
sylvantic 4 years ago
my teacher had the opposite problem. I'd do mental math cause I can and it's faster and I'd get in trouble for not showing my work. What work is there to show?
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TheLazyPoki 4 years ago
I have dyscalculia as well- many of my math teachers have gotten so mad at me for not being able to do mental math or taking extra time to learn some types of math. Like, people aren't always gonna learn something automatically-
TheLazyPoki 4 years ago
and I also have ADHD, so that just makes it 2x harder :/
Load More Replies... Madison Feehan 4 years ago
I know this all too well. I was yelled at many times by teachers who didn't believe I was doing the work because they couldn't do the mental math in their heads so I must be cheating. 🙄
C.S. E. 4 years ago
I'm looking at the comments, but I'm starting to wonder if I'm reading the problem wrong. The teacher was insisting on mental math, but the OP needed to do scratch work or the numbers would be reversed when written after mental math. I've never had a teacher pissed at scratch work and, in fact, prefer it so they can see evidence that you understand why the answer is the answer. If the answer is wrong, they can see where you went wrong and guide you in the correct direction, hopefully.
Xylle Flora 4 years ago
Why do they give me zeros on my tests even though I can do it in my head? It's really easy for me to do math because I love numbers, but I'm forced to write it all down-then get punished for not doing enough. I can't write down the mental leaps I take to get the answer.
Deceased Nemo 4 years ago
most teachers are against mental math, wtf is wrong with this teacher
Carol Emory 4 years ago
I had the opposite problem. I would do all the calculations in my head and never write down the steps on how I reached my answer. I got marked down so much until I had a Trig Teacher that explained that writing your work down was important because, if you got the answer wrong, you could still get partial credit and it could help the teachers find out where you went wrong in your computations.
Jasmine Hufflepuff Henderson 4 years ago
I have this too and I hate it. Numbers flip around and it gets very confusion. I also have slight dyslexia as well.
Periwinkle 4 years ago
My teacher pesters anyone in my class to write out their equations on paper, well, not pesters, but makes sure you do.
Lorelai Purvis 4 years ago
i can't do mental math well but i can do it on paper or "write" it with my finger... why do we need mental math... we're all gonna get phones and there are calculators on there, like, we don't need this, it's not 1984
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C.S. E. 4 years ago (edited)
I'm curious as to why they took you on the trip in the first place. Were they grading while ON the bus? Did someone wait with you? Isn't that dangerous and. . .I don't know. . .against the law? You'd be under the school's care until your parents got there, so they'd be responsible. Also, both your handles are awesome! Wait, that sounds weird.
Olive Stirk 4 years ago
thiiiiiiiiiiiiiis is why i want to either move to a different class or something: my teacher could do this to me cuz I'm forgetful
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Xylle Flora 4 years ago
In kindergarten everyone who sat next to me tried to copy my answers. Always (unless it was my friends)
Amanita muscaria 4 years ago
Wow, that would mean you were a amazing student! You must've had really good grades!
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brukernavn340 4 years ago
Anyone care to explain the abbreviations? Of those, I've only heard of ADHD.
DogMom 4 years ago (edited)
AFAB - assigned female at birth. CPTSD - complex post traumatic stress disorder. ASD - autism spectrum disorder
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Megan Pippenger 4 years ago
I didn't expect this post to trigger so many unpleasant school memories but dang. I too have ADHD, and even though every teacher I had from 4th grade on knew that, I was still always seated around the disruptive, talkative kids because I too was "quiet" and "good". And teachers always assumed that meant that being seated around me would make the loud kids quiet, but no, they would still find ways to talk to someone or make noise or generally just make it much harder for ME to focus.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
I had this a lot in school too, for having good grades and being friendly or whatever. I hated it. I hated kids because of it. I still hate kids. I still hate how much the disruptive kids wasted time and made the teachers yell. I hated how they always sought attention. They’d disrupt the class and then have some red-faced outburst. Don’t bring that shît near my desk. I have shît to do.
Claire the Bear 4 years ago
As that troublesome kid (obviously not with this person), I'm so sorry! I have ADHD so teachers would either put me in the corner facing the wall or they would make me sit with the "quiet" kid. I didn't realize how annoying I must've been back then but T.T
Brian in BC 4 years ago
Wow - sounds like you might have been better off in a foster environment where someone would go to bat for you!
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Busy_D 4 years ago
I was always yelled at for this too, i would accidentally read ahead and when they called on me to read and i asked"What paragraph" i got yelled at.
Gold roses 4 years ago
Same I hate popcorn reading I was a advanced reader and would often get bored with the books they would give me or I would be interested read ahead and get in trouble
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TheFakeSteveRogers 4 years ago
I suffered the same thing in my Grade 2 too. In English Class, we had to read the story 'Androcles and The Lion'. Accidentally, I read a few pages ahead, and when I asked which Paragraph was it, My ma'am just point blank told me 'I won't help you'. To this day, I haven't forgotten this.
Carol Emory 4 years ago
I do this too. I actually had a college professor that recognized it. He asked me not to read ahead. I told him I had to do something because listening to a lecture made me tired and wanting to sleep. He suggested that I get a second notebook to doodle in. He said "when I say something will probably be on the exam, write it down in your class notebook. Then when I talk, doodle so you don't get lost." It actually worked. I really appreciated that professor. With his wisdom, I got through my Accounting degree with a 4.0 gpa."
Megan Pippenger 4 years ago
Oh my god that happened to me too...I had to read ahead because otherwise I couldn't focus. I have ADHD and even though I was diagnosed and medicated by middle school, I remember 6th grade English being hell whenever we went around the class reading a book, because trying to read at the same speed as whoever was reading aloud, then switching to the next person meant that I was focusing so much on keeping up that I wasn't actually taking in what I was reading. So I would just read ahead on my own, though I had to try and pay attention enough to keep track of my turn, because I also had anxiety and needed to mentally practice before my turn (so it was good I had read ahead, since otherwise I wouldn't be focusing on what was being read at the moment leading up to my turn!)
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago (edited)
HumbleBrag and not a disability. I’ve never heard it called “popcorn” reading but it’s the worst because the teacher needs to call on the dumbest kids who need the most help, but it is a huge waste of time for everyone else who has read ahead and doesn’t want to read at a sloth’s pace along with Timmy who can’t sound out “ecological.”
Lorelai Purvis 4 years ago
i would read ahead as well, but mark the page we were on so if i was called on to read, i could read
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Busy_D 4 years ago
I was put out of the class to learn my lesson. "You will sit out here where you can't learn, so you learn"
Serenity Kinney 4 years ago
locked in a closet?! OK THAT IS IT! YOU NEED TO CALL THE POLICE! HAVE OF THIS LIST IS ILLIGLE! GOD, !^*%#( THESE PEOPLE, THESE TEACHERS, GOD
somnomania 4 years ago
this is literally what the chokey was in matilda, this is blatant abuse and everyone involved should be reported and fired
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Piper McLean 4 years ago
I’m left handed and would be horrified if someone did this to me. It’s dumb how people will shame others based off of what hand they write with
Just a small town girl. 4 years ago
It happened to me in kinder, My teacher would do this cold staring thing and would come and hold my left wrist so I would learn to write with my right hand.
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Mike DeLancey 4 years ago
There is deep seated superstition that left-handedness is evil. The word sinister is latin for left. Witches were burned for being left handed. Satan sat at the left hand of god before the fall. Most jewish laws require right hand/right side. Islam and Hinduism declare the left hand unclean. In buddhism, the left hand represent feminism aspects and emptiness versus the right hand of male compassion and skill. Going all the way back to sanskrit, the left hand path is to reject all orthodox vedic requirements. Left handedness was also a sign of homosexuality in many cultures.
Jean Thompson 4 years ago
OK, let the teacher tie their right hand behind them and get them to write left handed. See how they like it!!
Kisses4Katie 4 years ago (edited)
I'm left handed for everything but writing too from getting smacked in kindergarten. I hated school
BlackLabOwner 4 years ago
oh that's terrible i am only right and left handed because i broke my left wrist al the way across the 2 bones
Brian in BC 4 years ago
Charge that teacher with assault, no right to touch or force a student should ever be permitted. I sympathize - I am primarily a south-paw but was forced to write right-handed in primary.
EA 4 years ago
We always had to sit in alphabetical order, in every class at secondary school. I was always number 1, and my friend number 2 was always next to me. But she was left handed, I am right. We’d always be bumping into each other and it’s just awkward with the the tiny school desks. And no teacher ever let us swap so she could have the space I didn’t need on the left, on the end desk, just cos the rule was to sit in alphabetical order for the registers. Stupid
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sylvantic 4 years ago
same. i also bend my wrist a lot. doesn't work too well (i'm right-handed but hold my hand like i'm left handed) but it works alright for drawing and i can type good.
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Rose Anne Lajara 4 years ago
The quadrupod grasp (the one on the left) was shown to be just as efficient as the so-called "ideal" tripod grasp (the one on the right) in an experiment. Trying to change a kid's grasp past the age of 8 doesn't really work because it's a hardwired motor habit by then, and anyway the tripod is no guarantee of handwriting legibility.
eimipet 4 years ago
I am SCREENSHOTTING this and sending it to my dad!!!!!!! Thank you thank you thank you!
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Maya Kuntz 4 years ago
I think they wanted the ring finger not on the pen???? idk but it's still stupid
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Rylynn Morritt 4 years ago
same i got yelled at when first learning to write because I held the pencil wrong I still hold the pencil the wrong way my writing just messy when I hold it the proper way
Rylynn Morritt 4 years ago
edit im homeschooled now and don't get yelled at
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Wombatred26 4 years ago
I was taught to write holding it like the left picture but have always been more comfortable holding it like the right picture. I was forced to use a rubber attachment on my pencils to force me to hold it "correctly"... I also have to turn my paper nearly 90° to write in a straight line, comfortably.
Evil Little Thing 4 years ago
I was taught that the hold on the left is the proper one (better precision), and the hold on the right is a lazy one that leads to bad penmanship and weird finger calluses. I use the hold on the right.
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M O'Connell 4 years ago
Different people had different abilities in this regard, it's a motor-skill not a personal preference! I knew two brothers, one of whom was adopted, both were the same age. One wrote like they were holding a pencil in their closed fist, and the other with beautiful cursive script. Same age, same life experience, but one genetically predisposed to excellent handwriting ability.
Stack o' Pancakes 4 years ago (edited)
My dad has told me and my brother our handwriting is unacceptable and shamed us for it our whole lives. Teachers never gave a damn tho.
BabyCharmander 4 years ago
Oh gosh this happened to me, except with my math homework. Not that I’d done it wrong—I just had sloppy handwriting. I was humiliated. (And no, it didn’t help my draftsmanship. I did well in school and college but my handwriting is still terrible.)
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
My hubby used to get kicked out of class for holding his pen wrong. He does hold it in an unusual way but it’s the way that is most comfortable for him.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Eh, it was probably a good example of mistakes. Stop appropriating being disabled just because you have chicken scratch.
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Busy_D 4 years ago
I no longer can comment on these posts... i just don't get these maniacs anymore. I've lost faith in public education.
EA 4 years ago
I’m just glad these are all ‘historic’ problems and hope that means they stay in the past! There is a lot more awareness now of mental health, especially how it can affect children, as well as less stigma around autism and ADHD. So yeah, I hope children today and tomorrow don’t have to go through what these poor people did :(
Load More Replies... Deceased Nemo 4 years ago
If I ever have children I will not send them to schools with these teachers, and if I had no choice I would send them to school with a tape recorder so they can get some evidence to get them fired and possibly their teaching license taken away.
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EA 4 years ago
The number of girls in an all girls secondary school who weren’t allowed to use the toilet in class, even when saying to the male teachers they were on their period and had to go. It’s embarrassing enough being a teenager and conscious of having a period in the first couple of times, but made 100x worse when you can’t go to the toilet and change! I had to go home once cos it went through my clothes :( one of the most embarrassing moments of my life
Aj Grimes (they/it)🦄 4 years ago
My male teacher last year understood what I was going through so he let me use the bathroom. One day at my church I forgot to bring pads and it went through my shorts.
Load More Replies... Brian in BC 4 years ago
Get parents to write the teacher or visit. Or a doctor's note to explain the reality.
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Paul Budhram 4 years ago
There white and grew up in the 50s smh. They really shouldn't be able to teach children.
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Kisses4Katie 4 years ago
I was called flakey for being a blonde child. I was quiet with moments of hyperactivity. I have some longstanding deepseated problems and this is bringing a lot of it back up.
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Brian in BC 4 years ago
Don't blame humanity, the system does not adequately teach empathy or the need for patience and objective understanding.
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Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
I bet she was disruptive with her friends. Why else would the teacher say that
Lorelai Purvis 4 years ago
when things like this happen i lose a little bit more of my faith in humanity
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Brian in BC 4 years ago
Obviously those parents failed to instill a sense of self-confidence in their child, teacher furthered that inadequacy by the insensitive handling.
Little Wonder 4 years ago
A sense of self confidence can help with anxiety, but not always. The anxiety attack is not a logical thing.
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Signe Manat Hansen 4 years ago
Hey remember how you said you were always nice to people a few posts back?
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Brian in BC 4 years ago
As a poor handwriter myself, I can empathize. Although I seldom had to rewrite - that could have been hard to handle.
sylvantic 4 years ago
yeah. my handwriting is garbage so i like to type everything and i get soooo mad when i have to write on paper. i'm writehanded but i write like i'm left, so my wrist cramps if i try to write neatly (or much at all)
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Giovanni Omanand 4 years ago (edited)
I feel this, but not only for bad handwriting, but also for BEING TOO SMART using words like "Spaghettification" (BTW that's an actual scientific term).
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Mimi 4 years ago
I had to stop reading at one point because I was getting flashbacks to my fifth grade teacher. I have ADHD, and am a generally disorganized person, so in my 504 plan it says I can bring home an extra set of books so I couldn’t forget anything. My teacher refused to let me do that, so when I brought my books home she wouldn’t give me another set and mocked me for asking for another set. (we had extra books I could have easily taken.) She was also hard core racist and made the only black kid in our class color a confederate flag.
AlmightyOne 4 years ago
The list of times teachers have been insensitive to my autism and noise sensetivity is a long one. Back in first grade I keep disrupting class because I was having panic attacks due to overstimulation because of all the noise. My teacher told me that because of that my friends didn't like me and even went so far as to ask one of my friends to control my behavior. In second grade, my teacher suggested that my mom make lots of noise at home (which was my safe space) so I could get used to it. Thankfully, Mom didn't comply. There was also an incident in fourth grade that, while I was not a part of, I was a witness to. This kid is a bit distracted in class so the teacher tells him he has to stay after school. Kid starts crying because he has a doctor's appointment that day that he can't miss. Teacher yells at him for crying, which only makes things worse, and we're all watching wide-eyed as he does this going "what the frick, man?" Teachers can be surprisingly abusive at times...
Doggo Froggo 4 years ago
Students having to go through this is disgusting! Adults in those positions are supposed to care for children / teens, not make life more difficult for them. I hope they get a good dose of karma. And learn from their mistakes.
Melissa Nunya 4 years ago
As a child I used to have UTI's a lot and when I had to pee, there was no waiting. I had a teacher that wouldn't let me go, and I wet my pants right in my chair. They called my dad for clean clothes and the teacher was acting like my Dad should be upset with me. I remember him asking to see her in the hallway. I don't know what was said, but from that time on I was allowed to use the bathroom anytime I wanted.
hi myself 4 years ago
Whatever your dad said, I like it. You should have been able to go when you needed to.
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nini 4 years ago
Had a racist teacher who mocked kids who had problems with pronounciation by "copying" them. She also told me to go to recess with the "native" kids instead of my best friend, who happened to be indian. Those are just the two examples I remember. Of course she was also playing favorites in general. And I was not allowed to read books after I finished my work, even though I always did well. She even checked under my desk to make sure I wasn't hiding any books. So very boring for me, until she sat me in front of the bookshelf and I just read under the table and put the book back afterwards :P I wrote her a letter when the year ended (together with my parents) and she confronted me in front of the whole class. I guess she didn't expect them to back me up, but they did, and it was such a grear feeling to know that I wasn't the only one who was irritated by her open racism. She hasn't changed a bit, though, whenever I bump into her she switches to the other side of the street 🤷🏼♀️
heidi hunt 4 years ago
I have a skin condition that causes my skin to have different darker color splotches and in junior high I got called to the counselors because a teacher reported me and said I wasn't showering. So the school counselor literally asked me if I showered. I cried my eyes out. Yes bitch I shower this is a genetic problem. Crushed me
Willows 4 years ago
In 7th grade my adhd levels were peaking, my eyesight was plummeting, and I asked the teacher if I could sit in the front of the class, he pulled his eyes back and cried, “aww little Asian can’t see?” Such a jackass....
Sally Appleton 4 years ago
Gym teacher called my mom in for a meeting to discuss how I was lazy and always made excuses to get out of class. I avoided the exercises because I was clumsy and I seemed to hurt myself doing anything. Dodgeball? Couldn't throw for s**t and getting hit by the ball would bring me to tears. Years later I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, so the normal pain anyone would get from a potential hockey ball to the face would be amplified on me. I was right to fear pain.
Kira Okah 4 years ago
As someone autistic, I would doodle in class. Usually my teachers were not that bad when it came to me doodling (though you could see the eye twitches), BUT they were not fine if my doodles were cartoon or anime style. I had pages ripped from my notebooks, I had class work publicly torn up, I had shouted "lectures" in the open corridors from the art teachers about how cartoons are degrading what art is, I got detention for drawing a Pikachu. I giggle sometimes now because I have been doing paid art commissions of my "degrading cartoons" during lockdown.
(Deleted) 4 years ago
I have a few issues, because of them I have a 504 in school, which means teachers aren't allowed to grade my handwriting. Back in fourth grade, I had teacher who made my classmates and I write a lot of notes and definitions. At the end of the day, we would take our journals to the front of class and the teacher would look at them. He would approve everyone else's notes, but when he looked at my journal he would say things like "You're being lazy" and "Your handwriting should not be that sloppy." On time, I was writing the most notes I'd ever done. My hand was aching by the time I was done. The teacher took one look at my notes and said "All of this needs to be rewritten." On top of that, he also wrote rude comments like "Your handwriting is terrible!" on my tests. My mother was furious when I brought home my first graded test with a comment on it. She spoke with the principal. It was fine though, due to an unrelated reason we moved away in the middle of the school year.
Mimi 4 years ago
I had to stop reading at one point because I was getting flashbacks to my fifth grade teacher. I have ADHD, and am a generally disorganized person, so in my 504 plan it says I can bring home an extra set of books so I couldn’t forget anything. My teacher refused to let me do that, so when I brought my books home she wouldn’t give me another set and mocked me for asking for another set. (we had extra books I could have easily taken.) She was also hard core racist and made the only black kid in our class color a confederate flag.
AlmightyOne 4 years ago
The list of times teachers have been insensitive to my autism and noise sensetivity is a long one. Back in first grade I keep disrupting class because I was having panic attacks due to overstimulation because of all the noise. My teacher told me that because of that my friends didn't like me and even went so far as to ask one of my friends to control my behavior. In second grade, my teacher suggested that my mom make lots of noise at home (which was my safe space) so I could get used to it. Thankfully, Mom didn't comply. There was also an incident in fourth grade that, while I was not a part of, I was a witness to. This kid is a bit distracted in class so the teacher tells him he has to stay after school. Kid starts crying because he has a doctor's appointment that day that he can't miss. Teacher yells at him for crying, which only makes things worse, and we're all watching wide-eyed as he does this going "what the frick, man?" Teachers can be surprisingly abusive at times...
Doggo Froggo 4 years ago
Students having to go through this is disgusting! Adults in those positions are supposed to care for children / teens, not make life more difficult for them. I hope they get a good dose of karma. And learn from their mistakes.
Melissa Nunya 4 years ago
As a child I used to have UTI's a lot and when I had to pee, there was no waiting. I had a teacher that wouldn't let me go, and I wet my pants right in my chair. They called my dad for clean clothes and the teacher was acting like my Dad should be upset with me. I remember him asking to see her in the hallway. I don't know what was said, but from that time on I was allowed to use the bathroom anytime I wanted.
hi myself 4 years ago
Whatever your dad said, I like it. You should have been able to go when you needed to.
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Had a racist teacher who mocked kids who had problems with pronounciation by "copying" them. She also told me to go to recess with the "native" kids instead of my best friend, who happened to be indian. Those are just the two examples I remember. Of course she was also playing favorites in general. And I was not allowed to read books after I finished my work, even though I always did well. She even checked under my desk to make sure I wasn't hiding any books. So very boring for me, until she sat me in front of the bookshelf and I just read under the table and put the book back afterwards :P I wrote her a letter when the year ended (together with my parents) and she confronted me in front of the whole class. I guess she didn't expect them to back me up, but they did, and it was such a grear feeling to know that I wasn't the only one who was irritated by her open racism. She hasn't changed a bit, though, whenever I bump into her she switches to the other side of the street 🤷🏼♀️
heidi hunt 4 years ago
I have a skin condition that causes my skin to have different darker color splotches and in junior high I got called to the counselors because a teacher reported me and said I wasn't showering. So the school counselor literally asked me if I showered. I cried my eyes out. Yes bitch I shower this is a genetic problem. Crushed me
Willows 4 years ago
In 7th grade my adhd levels were peaking, my eyesight was plummeting, and I asked the teacher if I could sit in the front of the class, he pulled his eyes back and cried, “aww little Asian can’t see?” Such a jackass....
Sally Appleton 4 years ago
Gym teacher called my mom in for a meeting to discuss how I was lazy and always made excuses to get out of class. I avoided the exercises because I was clumsy and I seemed to hurt myself doing anything. Dodgeball? Couldn't throw for s**t and getting hit by the ball would bring me to tears. Years later I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, so the normal pain anyone would get from a potential hockey ball to the face would be amplified on me. I was right to fear pain.
Kira Okah 4 years ago
As someone autistic, I would doodle in class. Usually my teachers were not that bad when it came to me doodling (though you could see the eye twitches), BUT they were not fine if my doodles were cartoon or anime style. I had pages ripped from my notebooks, I had class work publicly torn up, I had shouted "lectures" in the open corridors from the art teachers about how cartoons are degrading what art is, I got detention for drawing a Pikachu. I giggle sometimes now because I have been doing paid art commissions of my "degrading cartoons" during lockdown.
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I have a few issues, because of them I have a 504 in school, which means teachers aren't allowed to grade my handwriting. Back in fourth grade, I had teacher who made my classmates and I write a lot of notes and definitions. At the end of the day, we would take our journals to the front of class and the teacher would look at them. He would approve everyone else's notes, but when he looked at my journal he would say things like "You're being lazy" and "Your handwriting should not be that sloppy." On time, I was writing the most notes I'd ever done. My hand was aching by the time I was done. The teacher took one look at my notes and said "All of this needs to be rewritten." On top of that, he also wrote rude comments like "Your handwriting is terrible!" on my tests. My mother was furious when I brought home my first graded test with a comment on it. She spoke with the principal. It was fine though, due to an unrelated reason we moved away in the middle of the school year.
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