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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.

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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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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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Piper McLean
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would report that if it was me ( then I would probably chicken out tho)

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Billy The Kid
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You should of had a word with her after class and tell her how degrading it was her acting like that.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s horrid. But if they trigger your gag reflex, take revenge and throw up on her.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is no right way to do art. And this teacher did nothing but stunt creativity and shame kids.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

no, she needs to be jailed. punishment for child abuse is mostly 5+ years in prison

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Tenley Samson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i swear character is the one word that i never know how to spell the ONE WORD

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Paul Budhram
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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Brian in BC
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Picking on a child's disability is unacceptable, urging others to ridicule even worse. What did your Mom say or do about it?

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Anne
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ehm.. So.. what did your mom do? Because I would have most likely killed the teacher. (figuratively obv)

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Adelaide Nelson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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Ronnie Beaton
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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Zoe Vokes
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lots of these teachers sound like terrible human beings. The only way to enjoy their day is to make their students suffer. They need serious psychological help.

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Kathryn Baylis
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Did your Mom have some choice words with her, and report her to the school board? I sure hope she fixed that sadist’s little red wagon. But good.

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WholesomeArmyweeb
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dude that’s awful. THIRD GRADE TOO! character is hard to spell as it is

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Deceased Nemo
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

teachers like this need to be recognized and given a taste of their own meds

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Batgirl Kitty
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow. And I, a 6th grader, still have problems with spelling that. What a horrible “teacher.”

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Carol Emory
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please tell me your mother read her the riot act..in front of the other kids....

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EmilyB
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

UH... That teacher needed a lesson to learn some "character" herself!!

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Papa Bonez
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She wouldn't have had to be fired. I would have killed her...

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MistyCat
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Look her dead in the eye and say, "Wow, that's a really weird way to say 'I am an idiot'"

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Mac!
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

dyslexia or not, not everyone knows how to spell...

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Janine Hunt-Jackson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Busy_D, you're right, but I'll bet she wasn't! As a person with a physical disability, all of these stories make me want to throw something! All of these teachers should have been fired!

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Hadesdaughter
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dyslexia is really hard to bear with sometimes. I feel your pain and I´m sorry that this happened to you at such a young age.

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Imagine going through such horrible abuse and you finally go to talk about it on Twitter and some disgustingly messy person compares having their filthy desk dumped / or missing recess to this actual abuse.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“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.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel this post so much. I was diagnosed then it was ignored, my mother years later still denied me ever being diagnosed.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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!

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Piper McLean
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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