I'm just so worried the teacher would be so offended and take it out on him.
Well, there is definitely that. Which reminds me of another exceedingly important lesson that I took away from my high school years, if I can get by with one more story.
I learned this in business law class, but it was not part of the curriculum. I forget exactly how it all started, but as the year progressed I came to realize something that came in handy ever after. I got off on the right foot with the teacher somehow (probably several reasons--my dad had the typewriter repair contract with the school so the teacher knew him and I had that association in his mind, and I was the sort who tended to have the right answers, and I was probably a kiss-up as well, LOL) and one of my classmates got off on the wrong foot by being a screw-offy class clown. After those initial impressions were formed, it turned out that I could do no wrong with this teacher, and classmate could do no right. It didn't matter what I got up to, or how well he did, the teacher had his attitude set in stone. In fact, we could both be doing the exact same thing in class and he would get in trouble for it and I wouldn't! (Yes, I probably abused this knowledge, I must admit.)
So there is something to be said for managing not to rock the boat at the beginning of the student-teacher relationship--but once you get into that groove, you're probably ok no matter what else happens!
