Originally Posted by megamay
Sorry for the tangent, I'm just saying this because there ARE mean, petty, racist, sexist, etc people who are teachers and administrators.

Yes, I remember teachers like that.

There was the 7th math teacher who didn't want to let me take algebra in 8th grade because he was angry with me (never mind why, but the principal had reamed him over it). The English teacher went over his head and made sure I was placed in algebra.

There was the 3rd grade teacher who punished me because other kids at a large open table were copying off my spelling paper. She didn't punish them. Just me. Well...maybe she was right and I should have covered myself and my work with a sheet to stop them. wink

There was the guidance counselor who suggested I take Home Ec. instead of Physics.

And nauseatingly etc.