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John's avatar

Because they ate not very likely to learn either, at least not well.

In 1973, my US History teacher slammed me into the lockers for correcting him too much in class...

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SoMplsboy's avatar

Wow! I beat my math teacher at chess in 7th grade (1973) and he went berserker- had me in a headlock and the other kids had to intervene or he would have choked me out. Yes, He was fired!

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John's avatar

My friend had a run in with a history teacher in jr.high.

He got the teacher in a headlock on the floor, and made him say Uncle before allowing him to stand up.

I doubt he learned anything, though. Probably kept bullying kids.

In my case, it was after class, I am not sure who if anyone, even saw it.

Probably someone did, but I never even reported the guy. He wasn't really a bully, he was also the football coach, and he was good at that part.

While he had me up in the air, he told me a very sad story about how he always struggled with school and his dad would not let him be outside with his friends, he had to stay in and study.

I told him, still up in the air, that it was indeed a sad story, but it still wasn't right to teach kids the wrong information,

He agreed that was true and let me down at that point and I immediately forgave him.

It wasn't that over generous of me to not report him. I did empathize with his explanation, but beyond that, I had milked it for laughs because there were cute cheerleaders in class and I was a transfer student who had been ostracized.

As proof that my discernment was right, without any pressure from me or administration, he resigned at the end of the year.

In order to coach, he had to also teach a class. He really loved coaching and it's pretty sad it had to be that way, but I guess he felt he had no choice.

I hope he found a better paying job. He was a huge guy, he could have opened a bricklaying business and doubled his income.

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John's avatar

Where is the edit button? I need to fix ate to are. I don't want to share .

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Porge's avatar

Edit is accessed by the 3 dots below the reply

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