what would you say to your high school teacher as an adult

[look 171]

Vash's HS thread got me thinking as I waste my life waiting for the building inspector today. What would you say to those unfair, power tripped, ass wipe high school teachers of yours today if you were sitting having a meal with them. Now, I am sure most of us may have been pretty bad kids, so they might be right and deserve the abuse.

I had this gov. teacher that had it out for me from the 2nd week of class because I would challenge or, should I say discuss, his ideas intelligently with facts from the the real business world. Since then he has been unfair and became very sarcastic each time he spoke to me in class, belittle me, and gave me BS whenever possible. Complain to my folks that I was defiant. Knowing this and he will fail me, I set up a trap. I copied a friend's (which he liked, because he was really pro republican). grade A report from last semester word for word as my final. He gave me an F for the report and final class grade, so I confronted him made him aware that I copied an A paper word for word and went to the Admin. to btich about my case. Instead, they buried my ass for plagiarism.

I challenged him about accounting. My argument was that a real owners of big firms need not to know the ins and outs of accounting. That's why they have CPA. No big firm's owner is doing their own accounting or deal with audits. IThis much I know for a fact. Youth, how dumb was that now I think back.

I like to rip him a new one and find out more about his small dick syndrome by picking on some HS kid?

[Noah930]

For the most part, "thanks."

You mentioned vash's thread. I had posted how some of us (maybe 1/4 of the class?) still keep in touch via FB, and how we've gotten together for dinner a few times per year. Maybe half the time we invite one of our old teachers along, and it's been fun. We still think of them (and call them) Mr. So-and-so. But it's been interesting to hear of how they viewed us when we were kids 20 years ago. OK, maybe we just invite the teachers we really liked. But it's been a good experience, nonetheless.

[flatbutt]

Only thing I'd say..."sorry".

[look 171]

Yeah, sorry and thanks is big on my list also, but a couple of those were out to get you, so it seemed.

[Noah930]

Recently one of my HS teachers died. He was our physics teacher and baseball/football coach. And one of my classmates (who played baseball & football) posted something on FB about him. It was to the effect of: When you're a kid, you think things just happen. (Or maybe you don't even think about it at all.) That the goals get set up, that the balls get pumped up, that the pitching machines get calibrated, etc. all by themselves. You don't realize that someone's gotta do all that. You just show up to practice and stuff is ready to go. But somebody's actually has to get everything ready. These things don't just happen by themselves. And you realize now how much a lot of your teachers--in the classroom and on the playing field--busted their butts for us.

OK, so maybe not all of them did. But I suppose those that did are also the ones that we still ask out to dinner now and again.

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by look 171

Yeah, sorry and thanks is big on my list also, but a couple of those were out to get you, so it seemed.

yes but only a couple. It was a tough inner city school (Paterson Eastside) and the teachers should have gotten combat pay.

[MikeSid]

I'd say

"Thanks for caring more about my education than I did."

And

"We all knew that wasn't just coffee in that mug."

[mreid]

+1 above. Thank you.

[BeyGon]

Yes, Thanks for the try, sorry I wasn't interested. Surfing and cars just seemed so important. You were right, I was wrong.

[HardDrive]

"There was a reason my eyes were glassy and red all the time, and it wasn't from allergies"

[herr_oberst]

No one was out to get me except for a couple of sociopathic football coaches, (normal in my hometown) but I realize now how absolutely ignorant a couple of my HS teachers were.

I also realize how great and helpful a few of my teachers were, and to those, I say "sorry".

(There was also a really cute, really young substitute teacher who, in retrospect, shared a lot more of her time with me than was proper and if I'd not been such a doofus...)

[john70t]

If I taught a younger me in class, he would likely have been shown the door by his ear.

Thank you, to (almost)all my former teachers.

But the gym coaches were mostly blockheads.
One would call foul or dribbling every time I touched the ball.
It's difficult to screw up games for kids, but somehow they managed.

[Nostril Cheese]

Thanks for teaching me Calculus. I never understood math until that day

Thanks for showing me how to decoupage

Thanks for the weed and Hawkwind tapes.

[afterburn 549]

Too bad someone bought your your cert. for you and at the expense of the rest of us.

[saxen]

Originally Posted by look 171

Vash's HS thread got me thinking as I waste my life waiting for the building inspector today. What would you say to those unfair, power tripped, ass wipe high school teachers of yours today if you were sitting having a meal with them. Now, I am sure most of us may have been pretty bad kids, so they might be right and deserve the abuse.

I had this gov. teacher that had it out for me from the 2nd week of class because I would challenge or, should I say discuss, his ideas intelligently with facts from the the real business world. Since then he has been unfair and became very sarcastic each time he spoke to me in class, belittle me, and gave me BS whenever possible. Complain to my folks that I was defiant. Knowing this and he will fail me, I set up a trap. I copied a friend's (which he liked, because he was really pro republican). grade A report from last semester word for word as my final. He gave me an F for the report and final class grade, so I confronted him made him aware that I copied an A paper word for word and went to the Admin. to btich about my case. Instead, they buried my ass for plagiarism.

I challenged him about accounting. My argument was that a real owners of big firms need not to know the ins and outs of accounting. That's why they have CPA. No big firm's owner is doing their own accounting or deal with audits. IThis much I know for a fact. Youth, how dumb was that now I think back.

I like to rip him a new one and find out more about his small dick syndrome by picking on some HS kid?

For me high school was 8 years ago. why would I say anything to them? I have always been accountable for myself and dont blame others for my outcomes. dude grow up and stop holding other accountable for your actions.
ps I rarely saw eye to eyes with most of my teachers, it has served me well.

[Red88Carrera]

"I know you were my Mother's colleague, but I wanted to bang you anyway!"

[Oh Haha]

Nothing to say to them about the past.

It wasn't THEIR fault I didn't want to be there.

[onlycafe]

ha, i'm not incarcerated.... and you're dead.

[Oh Haha]

Originally Posted by onlycafe

ha, i'm not incarcerated.... and you're dead.

[Jim Richards]

To one of my HS English teachers..."You were pretty hot back before you went and got old."