The Education of a Young Sal

[salpal]

In first grade, my teacher divided the class into small reading groups. I wound up in the slow one. It was very frustrating, but I assumed that Mrs. Lantz had put me there because I wasn't at the same reading level as everyone else in the class. This was a serious problem for me mentally. My kindergarten experience had been horrible because of the

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[liminal_space]

is the mean mrs. smith still alive?

if so, print this out. mail it to her. and say "fuck you. i turned out ok in spite of you, you old cow."

i'm so mean. :( but i hate hate hate teachers who break kids.

[pebblin]

My mom recently told me that my bro had a teacher that was hard on him growing up and that affected his behavior towards learning. He's a smart guy, just wasn't always motivated in certain things, but that could have been her influence on him. There are no words for how fucked up that is for either of you. I can only imagine if I'd had that same experience.

You know, hate is a hard feeling, but that's okay.

[roadtriphome]

I had teachers like that. Mostly they were ones who were great but had that moment that broke me. Like now, I'm horrible in front of people. I mean, about-to-pass-out horrible. I always wondered why this was, because as a kid, I really didn't have any fears like that, because I was friends with everybody, and didn't have bullies (except adult ones) until I moved to a new school in 5th grade. But I realized what I think might have triggered it

[crazykidben]

Teachers like that are the reason I went into art education, because I wanted to show them how to actually give a shit about the kids and stop being total asshats. Instead, it backfired and I learned that being a compassionate and caring teacher in this education system is extremely trying and difficult because of all the hoops teachers have to jump through for academic standards and shit like that.

Of course, this is the education system of 2010 I'm talking about, not the one that was in place back when we were kids (holy shit that makes us sound old... but we are not old, damnit).

I think my point is around here somewhere, but basically I'm saying that teachers like Mrs. Smith bring out the vengeance in me. And also I love you.

[dressedindeath]

Some people should not be teachers. They just end up fucking over everything and making you feel like shit.

That woman seemed cliched and not very bright at all. Who cares if a girl plays with cars instead of dolls. Why even care? Why treat you different; Oh yeah, because you were smart enough to out think her.

Mrs. Smith seems like an tool to me.