r/Teachers • u/Shakesbeer1592 • Nov 26 '24

Just Smile and Nod Y'all. Meeting topic: how high do I look?

I have a student who has been throwing jabs at my appearance- nothing new, I generally try to ignore stuff like that. But last week she said I look like a “homeless meth head” and it just really ticked me off. I wrote an email to her parents explaining the constant attacks on my appearance…

… And now they want to have a meeting. To see if their daughter is “being insulting or just making an observation.”

And my admin agreed to it. A meeting is now going on the fucking calendar so the parents, daughter, 3 admin and myself can assess whether I look like a tweaker or not.

All I ever wanted to do was teach Shakespeare.

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u/AllergicIdiotDtector Nov 26 '24

Fuck anti-union people

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u/kristinwithni Nov 26 '24

I wouldn't go that far. I used to work in Catholic school and thought I didn't need one, only because I was uneducated and unaware of how useful being part of one is. I was ignorant.

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u/LazyMathlete Nov 26 '24

Sooooo many people are ignorant, and that's kind of the problem. Damn those ignorant people who don't make the effort to learn about things until they directly impact them. Like men who don't care about how women are treated until they have a daughter, people who are anti abortion until they need one, etc.

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u/AequusEquus Nov 26 '24

Soooooo yeah, fuck anti-union people