tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post5276250204790656096..comments2023-05-22T10:42:54.046-04:00Comments on 6th or 7th: Marry meEthanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-3117758319943926632010-07-28T21:56:54.461-04:002010-07-28T21:56:54.461-04:00if the teacher was wrong and he called them out on...<i>if the teacher was wrong and he called them out on it, he would get detention</i><br /><br />Something similar happened to me when a science teacher taught my class that gravity is caused by the rotation of the Earth. Or when I asked my English teacher if we <i>had</i> to do our term paper research with the methods she was teaching us, even though they didn't work well for me.<br /><br />High school is like an assembly line, except that even car parts don't constantly have their faces shoved into the mud.Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-28372655171237539202010-07-28T14:25:43.457-04:002010-07-28T14:25:43.457-04:00Nice. I got through high school through luck--I w...Nice. I got through high school through luck--I was very smart and well behaved, very big (large frame, not fat), and basically too immature to even recognize taunting when it occasionally came my way. That combination saw me through what could have been 4 years of hell.<br /><br />But I see what other kids have to put up with (reading the news, etc.) and I see what my much younger brother has to put up with, and I can't help but applaud this kid. There are a lot of good teachers and administrators out there, but for every good one there's at least one bad one. And the bad ones are real bastards. Kids have no way to effectively fight back.<br /><br />(PS: My brother went to an elementary school where the staff enabled bullies and blamed the victims. On top of that, if the teacher was wrong and he called them out on it, he would get detention. Sigh...)Bolonoreply@blogger.com