gather 'round boys and girls for a story. this story stars 3rd grade antithesis.
i had a computer teacher who would profess that he was "M.E.A.N". on the first day of class he said he was "Mean Evil AND Nasty". we all knew it because the class would sing it along with him when he said it. he said it often and would pride himself on it.
8 year old me thought, oh you mean, huh? imma stay out your way. this was the wrong attitude because grades came for the quarter and this old man gave me a D. all As and a D showed up on my report card and my parents' response was "what gives?". my mom was like "you spend all that time on the computer and you bring a D home in COMPUTERS?" my parents always gave us the benefit of the doubt and my explanation that i did all that was asked of me was accepted so Regina went up to the school.
do you know what this teacher did? he confirmed i had passed all assignments with satisfaction however, he thought i did not like him. A COMPLETELY GREY-HAIRED MAN gave me a D because i supposedly did not like him. my mom was like "that never has anything to with how a grade is factored. i was given a chance to state my case and all i said was something about not feeling as he thought i did. the grade was not changed but i got Bs for the other 3 quarters.
fast forward to whatever boy or girl i spew out. let that be my kid. i would teach baby girl or little man to say how he really feels. what did i really feel? i remember thinking i never care about you to love or hate you. the fact that you're so "M.E.A.N", i would have never guessed that a senior citizen such as yourself cares what an eight year old thinks of him.
my kid would have to know that adults are not more than children whose cells divided to make them bigger. idiotic children USUALLY become ignorant ass adults. i was raised not to treat adults as peers but when an adult shows that they are not deserving of that respect, i want my kids to feel comfortable telling them just how they feel. there's nothing to lose. this was just the first incident of an inappropriately given D that was never changed. really wishing i'd gone the hell off on each one of those foolish people. so, you see how i lost faith in humans at an early age, right?
even at 24, i constantly feel as though i reserve comments for people more than i should. i have to work on tactful (read: sans profanity) ways to say how i really feel because no one gives a damn how they talk to/treat me.
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I hate when people mistreat kids. I also hate when students say he "gave me" XYZ grade. I'm like no, you earned it. This story is a classic case of WHY students think teachers GIVE them grades.
No teacher (teacher's aide, principal, parent volunteer or otherwise) would want to mistreat my child. That consequences would NOT be pretty.
I'm already angry at the thought.
T,
you're so very right. i always viewed myself as earning grades until teachers like this assclown taught me that some teacher GIVE grades. the kind of student i was, much like i am now, was to see what you wanted, give you exactly what u wanted, and be completely perplexed when i didnt get an A. i was highly confused but parental involvement makes a difference. had my mother not had my back or not been able to come meet with anyone, i could have taken on the mindset of "fuck effort" when it came to school work and i think that's what happens to SOME, not all, failing students.
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