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I Had a Mean Teacher

When I was in second grade (2003-2004), I had this teacher, Mrs. Lane. One day we were going back to class through the kindergarten hallway, I looked inside an empty kindergarten classroom, and she got upset (Apparently looking inside an empty classroom is wrong in her eyes). So she asked me to go inside and apologize when I refused she eventually got two volunteers to take me to the principal’s office, so to avoid going to the principal’s office I went into the classroom in tears and apologized. And when I came out she like see now that wasn’t too hard, was it.

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Mountainlady16 · 22-25, F

Could be worse in my school in 2nd grade teachers could still use the paddle. My 2nd grade teacher was notorious for paddling least 1 kid a day

lizzy96 · 26-30, F

@Mountainlady16 I know there are schools that used the paddle, I am indian, and although I never went to school in India because I moved to states right before two, I just know they use the paddle

Mountainlady16 · 22-25, F

@lizzy96 there are 19 states were it's legal to use corporal punishment in public school. But all but 2 allow it in private school. I went to private school but it's legal in both here

lizzy96 · 26-30, F

@Mountainlady16 I had a similar experience in high school https://similarworlds.com/3832385-I-Had-a-Mean-Teacher/2197523-Junior-Year-of-High-School-I-had-this-lazy-teacher

Serenitree · F

@Mountainlady16 Using the paddle every day, seems like there is something wrong with the teacher.

If there are kids who are still misbehaving in her/his class, knowing that this teacher is slaphappy, it means the teacher is ineffective and so is the paddling.

If it's just a power trip for the teacher, then that teacher needs some serious discipline.

But it sounds to me, like this person gets some personal joy out of the act of paddling. This is a personality flaw. Maybe a psychological disorder. Maybe worse. Daily abusing children of 7 & 8 years old, is mentally disturbed.

Mountainlady16 · 22-25, F

@Serenitree I wasn't surprised 2 years later when they banned paddling by teachers putting it in the principal job alone the woman retired. I don't know how exactly old the woman was but she had been my moms 2nd grade teacher as well in the early 90s