I remember being humiliated in front of the whole class by a furious teacher regarding “defacement of her hard work”. Turns out (without warning me) my dad had sent back my report card with all the spelling mistakes corrected in red ink.
Seriously, if a student brought back their report card with my spelling mistakes corrected I'd burst out laughing and improve their grade by at least a couple points, that's hilarious
Oh yes, I have met math teachers, my 1st grade teacher, and my 3rd grade teacher. 🙃
(But, for real, why was it always math teachers who seemed like the biggest assholes? They always seemed to despise kids and I could never understand why they became teachers)
You're so correct.
I never thought of it before, but wild hypothesis, people who love math that much, they're terrible, pedantic nerds, so they just can't handle kids and randomness.
That teacher was very wrong to do that. Humiliation is the worst weapon to use. Unwittingly that teacher made herself look foolish because she should know how to spell.
Some teachers still try to humiliate today. In my daughter's first lesson in a subject this year, a teacher tried to do that. I wrote to her, and she said she came into each lesson with a clean slate. And she does, and she became my daughter's favourite teacher.
My child came home with a shape in their workbook labelled a diamond. I crossed diamond out and wrote 'This shape is a rhombus.' The teacher noticed.
Still believe I did the right thing; others still differ.
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...maybe because we pay them shit and expect them to live their job with no support.
(But, for real, why was it always math teachers who seemed like the biggest assholes? They always seemed to despise kids and I could never understand why they became teachers)
I never thought of it before, but wild hypothesis, people who love math that much, they're terrible, pedantic nerds, so they just can't handle kids and randomness.
I was no angel, and was sometimes in trouble fair cop
But I was mystified by this infringement
Some teachers still try to humiliate today. In my daughter's first lesson in a subject this year, a teacher tried to do that. I wrote to her, and she said she came into each lesson with a clean slate. And she does, and she became my daughter's favourite teacher.
But it so often isn't.
Teachers who think they have to always be correct are the worst.
🎶 “It was a teenage wedding and the old folks wished him well…” 🎶
A Monsiell?
Please record and share.
🤣🤣🤣.
OTOH no please let me continued to giggle IMAGINING this epic, doomed conversation.
Still believe I did the right thing; others still differ.
They'll realize that they can't trust you, and they really don't need that.
You sir, are the Oracle
(I'm nicking your Gazelle line to use on one of me kids)