7th grade, language arts. My teacher was an Indian lady who could barely speak English. She tried to get me suspended for reading Eragon, which wasn't on the AR reading list.
8th grade, same class and teacher. It was just before the Eragon film came out, and in preparation for it, I was re-reading the book. She tried to get me suspended for not only the same reasons above, but also because I was re-reading it.
Good Lord. Thats pretty shocking. If she didnt speak english how come no one ever reported her?!?!?
Okay, heres mine. Year 9 Maths (so I was about 13/14). I've never been good at maths, I've always struggled. This 'teacher', Mrs Ford, hated me. She hated explaining twice. I was locked in the stock room once, to resit a test I only got 5/20 on. Funnily enough, I only got 3/20 the second time round...
So eventually, I was 'sick' every thursday morning for months. I complained about her, my parents complained, nothing was done. All I got was verbal abuse from her. I spent maths lessons being called thick, stupid, lazy...
And guess what? Turns out that i'm dyslexic, expecially with numbers. This explains everything. This woman obviously did not see the signs, and didnt even try to help me (arent teachers supposed to be able to spot this?). If she had taken 10 minutes to talk to me about my performance, Im convinced I would have been able to grasp the basics of maths. Instead, 8 years later, I still get stressed out doing simple maths, like counting my change for a coffee etc...
I hate that woman. Seriously, if I saw her now, i would knock seven shades of sh!t out of her. Even if she must be about 65-70 now.
If she'd have just given me a chance.... :/