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MineralMan

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6. That's not a dissimilar situation, actually.

Mon Feb 8, 2021, 02:42 PM

Feb 2021

I didn't mind going to school, but that wasn't where I was learning. I was teaching myself, or letting authors of college level texts teach me from their books. I was bored and inattentive, but I demonstrated that I knew what was being taught in the classroom during exams and other ways. My parents encouraged me to learn as much as I could as fast as I could, so that's what I did.

When you got to college, things were more interesting to you. Same for me. There, I was learning from classes, at least some of the time. Like you, as well, I graduated, eventually, with a 4.0 GPA. School was easy for me. Life afterward was the really fun challenge.

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The Very Worst Teacher I Ever Met [View all] MineralMan Feb 2021 OP

Interesting story DonaldsRump Feb 2021 #1

That teacher did not like me very much. MineralMan Feb 2021 #4

Well, MM, you got the last laugh on your English teacher! DonaldsRump Feb 2021 #10

I was wondering that as well PatSeg Feb 2021 #11

There are people who work with young people in teaching and support that should NEVER be around redstatebluegirl Feb 2021 #2

Yes. I realized that people like that teacher also say cruel things MineralMan Feb 2021 #9

Those are the ones I worry about. redstatebluegirl Feb 2021 #32

Not possible. MineralMan Feb 2021 #34

Something similar happened to me, wnylib Feb 2021 #58

Horrible! MineralMan Feb 2021 #60

In retrospect, I think she just did not wnylib Feb 2021 #64

Unlike your experience Dave in VA Feb 2021 #3

That's Pretty Bad! ProfessorGAC Feb 2021 #5

That's not a dissimilar situation, actually. MineralMan Feb 2021 #6

Why can't these teachers keep their thoughts to themselves? Wicked Blue Feb 2021 #7

Yes, exactly. MineralMan Feb 2021 #13

You are AWESOME! Wicked Blue Feb 2021 #14

I learned that skill from my father, not from school. MineralMan Feb 2021 #21

As a HS teacher for 2 decades... jcgoldie Feb 2021 #8

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My home economics teacher in jr high UpInArms Feb 2021 #12

All the interesting people end up in hell Wicked Blue Feb 2021 #16

Ick! MineralMan Feb 2021 #19

I had a female teacher who said to me, tavernier Feb 2021 #15

Another thoughtless, cruel remark. MineralMan Feb 2021 #24

Those types of comments AwakeAtLast Feb 2021 #17

Yes. MineralMan Feb 2021 #35

In one respect she was a good teacher--she taught you what a horrible teacher really was. 😂 TheBlackAdder Feb 2021 #20

There is that, of course. MineralMan Feb 2021 #25

I taught school for a while and was shocked at some of the teachers who truly disliked some of the Demsrule86 Feb 2021 #22

I suspect a lot of us have been on the receiving end of MineralMan Feb 2021 #26

And despite my dislike of her, she taught me something...she was a very good American literature Demsrule86 Feb 2021 #31

I taught for more than 25 years...In High Schools in Chicago.. Stuart G Feb 2021 #23

Students can be very, very trying, I'm sure. MineralMan Feb 2021 #27

I think some teachers are just frustrated - and I didn't help them at all csziggy Feb 2021 #28

You told my story pfitz59 Feb 2021 #29

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"Special Ed" in our state, anyway treestar Feb 2021 #69

Gifted Student Programs Work to Some Degree, MineralMan Feb 2021 #70

I was not a straight "A" student. hunter Feb 2021 #33

My worst teacher ever was Mr.Libel of Hillsboro Highschool, Nashville Tennessee. Lunabell Feb 2021 #36

Your early school experience mirrors mine. Mr.Bill Feb 2021 #37

Thanks for the thoughtful post. Harker Feb 2021 #38

That happened to me in college with a paper. MineralMan Feb 2021 #42

I tried... a little. Harker Feb 2021 #48

That happened to my friend. Grumpy Old Guy Feb 2021 #39

Yup. Easy to believe. MineralMan Feb 2021 #40

I heard that from a few teachers... hurple Feb 2021 #41

All too familiar. MineralMan Feb 2021 #43

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I think most of us encountered teachers who should have been anything but teachers. Paladin Feb 2021 #45

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My first-grade teacher told my mother something that has become a family joke.... lastlib Feb 2021 #47

Exactly! MineralMan Feb 2021 #52

In high school, I went from room to room collecting absentee slips. I was instructed to just slip in Karadeniz Feb 2021 #49

That teacher was cruel. lucca18 Feb 2021 #50

I remember what a joy it was getting into college and felt like the teachers actually liked you Beringia Feb 2021 #51

Good point. MineralMan Feb 2021 #53

The worst teacher I had was in college. meadowlander Feb 2021 #54

What a creep! MineralMan Feb 2021 #59

I repeated a chunk of 2nd grade with my daughter. davsand Feb 2021 #55

BRAVA! MineralMan Feb 2021 #61

Awesome story. byronius Feb 2021 #66

My parents were both dedicated liberalhistorian Feb 2021 #56

They sound great! MineralMan Feb 2021 #62

They are! My mom has long been retired liberalhistorian Feb 2021 #63

I think you can say the name cojoel Feb 2021 #57

No Dark Sarcasm in the Classroom. byronius Feb 2021 #65

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Well, I posted that first on a nostalgia Facebook group for that school. MineralMan Feb 2021 #68

Terrible thing to say Zorro Feb 2021 #71

Hard for me to imagine, given my own father. MineralMan Feb 2021 #72

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Everyone's got those stories. GaYellowDawg Feb 2021 #75