Quote From: drvndrmI am always amazed how willing people are to place their trust in any authority figure. I had high school teachers who were abusive to their own children and any student in their classes they knew they could get away with being a bully to, how easy it is for a teacher to target the kids in their classes that parents don't have any financial resources, or are so mired in their own problems they are oblivious to the abuse their kids get at school. I attended a small rural high school in Oklahoma and had a teacher single me out for no other reason than she was a bully and my only parent was mentally ill and frequently hospitalized for mental illness. I knew if I said anything, I would have found myself in a foster home. She verbally threatened me with being corporally punished and then expelled because I had stood up to her for calling me a liar in front of my classmates. I was so upset my nose started bleeding and I had to be taken to the local clinic where the doctor advised I not be allowed to return to my class. I received a full semesters credit for a math class, but spent a good part of that semester in woodworking. Other teachers who were trying to get me to calm down so I wouldn't lose so much blood had to ask this person to leave the restroom because she followed me in and kept threatening me while I had my face in a sink bleeding profusely. Don't tell me about how teachers deserve our respect, they have to earn it like everyone else. I can easily imagine a teacher taking advantage of a student for lust, money, power or any other reason
There are bad apples all around us. Doctors that make mistakes; lawyers that find loop holes for unlawful people; builders that cut corners; etc., etc. Lets say the story is true and the teacher was a bully. I am so sorry, really sorry for your experience. You say other teachers were helping you. So that is one that was 'horrible' and more than one that was helpful. But lets bash all teachers character because they are 'teachers'.
Go spend time in a classroom...an extended time and see how long you would last. Teachers are there because they care about students learning and have a talent to reach the age child they teach. Not many outside people would last and that is one reason there is a teacher shortage. Another reason may be because they are an easy target for meanspirited people to use.
Those young men suffered no hardships. They went on with college or jobs. The teacher only has her word....unless like the being in two places breaks their story.
She may have had bad judgement when trying to make a connection with teenagers. I commend her for not taking what the district offered. That took guts. I think there is something going on in that community that she found herself in the middle of.
