Most of us have had to deal with deeply terrible teachers and professors in our time. Some might even still be going through it. Often, we just grit our teeth and finish the year, but some folks decide to have afrom his school years on how he got back at a hostile and petty teacher. This teacher decided to regularly harass him and even arbitrarily lower his grades, so at the end of the semester, he hatched a plan. We also got in touch with the person who shared the story to learn more.
He also shared his thoughts on why readers enjoyed this tale so much. “I think the reason that many people found interest in the story is that many could relate to having had a teacher that treated them unfairly and some possibly enjoyed reading about one catching a little bit of petty revenge. Many shared stories of having teachers that treated them differently because of siblings having gone before them.
There is an unfortunate tendency in human behavior, that no matter how little power someone is granted, they will find a way to abuse it. Sometimes this means truly criminal behavior, but more often than not, it’s just petty harassment. It’s important to note that in many cases, the “petty tyrant” might not even know they are abusing their power, they are just so used to acting without oversight that it’s like second nature to them.
While this man was clearly a good student, these sort of teachers can negatively impact some students for years to come. After all, why study or even try hard if you know your teacher will fail you over some grudge. Similarly, if you are going to be blamed for infractions, you might as well do them in the first place. You’ve already got the punishment, might as well enjoy the crime.That being said, high schoolers might be children, but they tend to have a lot more autonomy than little kids.
This creates a false sense of security for the bullying teacher. After all, if the only authority above them, the principle and school board, do not do anything, then why should they modify their behavior? It is curious that this teacher already seems to have a bad reputation with the administrators, but they also seem to have elected to do nothing about it.