"The teacher said in front of the class that it wasn't his fault that I had 'a tramp for a mother.' I was 12 years old."Anyone who was lucky enough to have supportive teachers growing up knows what a positive long-term impact they have on your life. But the opposite is true of bad teachers — the derisive and nasty offhand comments they make can stay with you well into adulthood.
"I thought that didn't sound right, but I also figured that he was the adult so maybe he knew more about such things. I'd love to go back to that classroom knowing what I know now and really rip him a new one.""In 1970, as part of summer orientation at college, we were herded into a freezing cold auditorium and given some sort of test. I was so miserably cold that I rushed to finish and leave.
"I was in second grade in the '80s. My teacher said I should give up any artistic and creative pursuits because I wasn’t good at them. She also pulled me out of other classes to scratch her back. I'd been taught to do whatever authority figures asked of me, so I didn’t question it.""My initials are SFB.