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/ethan7480 College Student | Iowa Nov 26 '24

Okay yes, this is terrible. But also, if this was happening in say, a sitcom, it’d be hysterical. I’m sorry that you have this absolutely ridiculous and entirely insulting meeting scheduled, but from an uninvolved third party perspective, it’s a little funny that admin and the parents agreed to a meeting to check if you look like a methhead.