Sorry this happened. DS here had a horrible art teacher last year who had no compassion and said, "I ask that he be treated no differently than others" when DS was in bad shape and I asked for help (nothing major--preferential seating) while waiting for psychiatrist appointment. I thought it was ironic for an art teacher to be so uptight, too.
I have a personal working hypothesis about how soul-sucking it must be for an artist to teach middle school students, and a less generous one along the lines of "those who can't do [fill in blank]."
Glad you removed DS--in some cases, life is just too short.
How is DS doing, otherwise?
