I remember my high school English teacher telling me I wasn't very good at metaphors yet here I am an author with multiple books. So every silver spoon has a cloud around it.
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An author with multiple books, that's nothing.
I had a teacher snach a calculator out of my hand, said I would never always have one.
Well, look at me now.
It all adds up
I had a miserable spinster of a 6th grade math teacher who told me I “just wasn’t very good at math.”
Turns out it was her teaching that was the problem, and I’m actually pretty good at it—but I didn’t overcome my fear of math until I was in grad school and forced myself to get over it.
Yeah. I had a Spanish teacher in high school who told me that I wasn't good in Spanish. She failed me one quarter just to spite me. I lived in Mexico for 12 years, spoke fluent Spanish in one year, and have spoken / written flawless Spanish for 40 years. Algunas maestras son malas. Ni modo.
Yes! My middle school (9th grade) English teacher was awful to me. I adored her. She made us write our obituaries and then freaking criticized mine. Can you imagine? RN & Esquire here. She can 💋 my arse. It was abusive now that I think of it. Circa 1979.
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I had a teacher snach a calculator out of my hand, said I would never always have one.
Well, look at me now.
It all adds up
Turns out it was her teaching that was the problem, and I’m actually pretty good at it—but I didn’t overcome my fear of math until I was in grad school and forced myself to get over it.