This story is absurd. No one can call into a school and get on the
loudspeaker to the room. And on the off chance it isn't a tall tale, this
person is STILL incredibly immature and is trying to argue her point with
adults. Why are you trying to reason with this person? She is incapable of
seeing anything but herself and will not listen. Hang up on her.

On 6/30/09, A wrote:
> you wrote:
>
> "you do realize that because she said "no" to
> taking a class in a crappy tone, you humiliated her in front of the
> entire school?!?!"
>
> you do realize that I was not the one saying those things on the loud
> speaker? It was the guy that liked me. I didn't even know he was going
> to do this until he did it. I told him to stop (thought i did find it
> funny) he said he will not stop, because if someone hurts me, it hurts
> him too :P
>
> you wrote:
>
> "it probably feels a little worse than being told "no" with a bad
> attitude."
>
> sometimes you need to learn the hard way to really understand. I think
> this will remind her to talk to her students with respect next time.
>
>> I bet if you had truly gotten caught, expelled, etc...it really
>> wouldn't be that funny.
>
> expelled for what? I didn't do anything. Apparently she told me i
> should have said something but i know better than to rat on my
> friends...especially very hot friends ;-)
>
>>
>> On 6/28/09, A wrote:
>>> you wrote:
>>>
>>> "think about how YOU would feel if you were treated in the same
>>> way."
>>>
>>> I could turn this around and say the exact same thing. "How
>>> would SHE feel if she were treated in the same i was"? She is
>>> the role model who sets the tone in the classroom.
>>>
>>> you wrote:
>>>
>>> "teachers ARE people. We make mistakes, we laugh, we cry, we
>>> have families. We usually do the right things, but sometimes we
>>> don't. Some teachers have attitudes too. But, think about it.
>>> When do you have attitude? It's when you need to toughen
>>> yourself up. It's when you've been embarrassed or hurt. Teachers
>>> do that too. I know that I've been terribly hurt by students'
>>> behaviors. "
>>>
>>> Everyone has problems in the home, and everyone laughs and
>>> cries and so on...Your point being? It is not my problem that
>>> she is frusterated with her personal life for e.g. Maybe I am
>>> frusterated with mine and decide to lash out on an authority
>>> figure or teacher? Can i use the excuse..."i am not a robot"?
>>> no...because nobody cares. You need to act accordingly while
>>> you're doing your job. Everyone can control their temper or mood
>>> swings..it is not an excuse.
>>>
>>> you wrote:
>>>
>>> "I've cried more than you care to know. And you know what? I
>>> wouldn't cry or be upset if I didn't care."
>>>
>>> In my case, the teacher cried because she was humiliated
>>> lol..not because she "cares" about us.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/27/09, mrsd wrote:
>>>> I didn't read the thread you wrote about, but one thing you
>>>> have to consider - teachers ARE people. We make mistakes, we
>>>> laugh, we cry, we have families. We usually do the right
>>>> things, but sometimes we don't. Some teachers have attitudes
>>>> too. But, think about it. When do you have attitude? It's
>>>> when you need to toughen yourself up. It's when you've been
>>>> embarrassed or hurt. Teachers do that too. I know that I've
>>>> been terribly hurt by students' behaviors. I've cried more
>>>> than you care to know. And you know what? I wouldn't cry or
>>>> be upset if I didn't care. You see, teachers get into
>>>> teaching for a reason. But, sometimes students make it so
>>>> hard that we forget WHY we got into teaching, and we lose our
>>>> tempers or cry or do other emotional things. Gee, just like
>>>> our students, because we ARE human beings with feelings and
>>>> emotions. We are not robots, programmed to always act
>>>> professionally, kindly, and with caring. That's what we
>>>> strive for, but frustration and anger sometimes come through.
>>>> So, when you are acting all proud of yourself for getting to
>>>> your teacher like that, think about how YOU would feel if you
>>>> were treated in the same way. Karen (8th grade teacher)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 6/24/09, Amanda wrote:
>>>>> On 6/18/09, the real real world wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> reply to "the real, real world"
>>>>>
>>>>> you wrote,
>>>>>
>>>>> 3. You must teach in a pretty interesting in between kind of
>>>>> school really - in some schools doing what you did would
>>>>> get your
>>>>> tires slashed on a good day and one angry teenage girl
>>>>> coming at
>>>>> you the next day when slashing your tires hadn't expelled
>>>>> enough
>>>>> of her negative energy. You're clearly not going for a
>>>>> learning
>>>>> environment but your kids can be sufficiently controlled -
>>>>> with
>>>>> parent help - to sit still.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have to completely agree with you. I remember back in
>>>>> highschool
>>>>> I attended summer school for failing my science class due
>>>>> to
>>>>> indifference to the subject and my concentration on my
>>>>> hobby i
>>>>> took professionally; dance. Anyways, there was this one
>>>>> teacher,
>>>>> by the name of, "Ms.Ho" who told me i cannot take her
>>>>> summer class
>>>>> because i got lower than a 50 percent. She said it in such
>>>>> a mean,
>>>>> tone. It really stuck with me, i was annoyed. I talked to
>>>>> my
>>>>> school administraton and they said it was fine for me to
>>>>> take her
>>>>> summer class. I have told her this, and she just
>>>>> said, "that's
>>>>> fine" in mean tone once again. During this time...i
>>>>> befriended a
>>>>> boy which really, really liked me. I told him the story
>>>>> about the
>>>>> how whole story of the teacher using "that tone" with me
>>>>> for no
>>>>> apparent reason and that it hurt. He asked me the number of
>>>>> the
>>>>> classroom i was staying in..i asked why he wanted to
>>>>> know...he
>>>>> didn't tell me but nevertheless i gave him the number of my
>>>>> classroom. So in the middle of the science lecutre the
>>>>> speakers go
>>>>> on in our class (he must have dialed in to that
>>>>> class)...and that
>>>>> same boy who liked me started to put her down in every
>>>>> possible
>>>>> way. For e.g. Ms. ho, get on your knees...brush your teeth
>>>>> after...blah blah blah you get the jist. She was nearly
>>>>> near
>>>>> tears...(inside i felt like i defeated her) i was
>>>>> smiling..i felt
>>>>> like she deserved every bit of it. This has been going on
>>>>> for a
>>>>> week and one time she bursted out crying and said, "who
>>>>> knows
>>>>> about this? i will fail you all" ...she went to the
>>>>> principle and
>>>>> began to investigate. They saw in the camera that i am
>>>>> hanging
>>>>> around this boy quite a lot during breaks and decided to
>>>>> test the
>>>>> situation by calling in that boy (they didn't know it was
>>>>> him for
>>>>> sure) and said why he's doing this....and he replied he had
>>>>> no
>>>>> idea what they were talking about. But then the principle
>>>>> decided
>>>>> to lie and said, "your little girlfriend confessed to
>>>>> everything".
>>>>> He was shocked and never talked to me again until
>>>>> recently...and i
>>>>> really liked him. That was a prick
>>>>> principal..anyways, "Ms.Ho came
>>>>> to class the next day announcing that she knew who was
>>>>> behind all
>>>>> this...and there will be a consequence..(my heart was
>>>>> racing
>>>>> really fast) she told me to stay in and talk to her. In a
>>>>> very
>>>>> upsetting and shakey voice she said, "did you get mad at me
>>>>> because i wouldn't let you take my class in the beginning"?
>>>>> BINGO!
>>>>> she knew exactly well she was a prick to me, yet was still
>>>>> mean.
>>>>> That makes me think...what made her so mean to me? So i
>>>>> agree with
>>>>> you, you should be very careful with kids...they are very
>>>>> gentle
>>>>> individuals with feelings...and you might just be in for it
>>>>> if
>>>>> you're not careful. lol :)
>>>>>

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