Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Public school hell.

I have been watching The Who was your favorite teacher in high school post on my old home town page.

I really don’t have any favorites.

I remember being slammed against a wall by a PE teacher because I walked away from him when he yelled at me for refusing to run in a DD bra that gave no support even though it was tight.
The week before he made us run laps and I ran till flecks of blood showed through my bra and shirt.  It didn’t take much.
Then I walked off the court and received detention for it.
By time I got home I could not stand up straight.  Ended up in the ER with dad that night. Doctor said I had three compression fractures.

This same teacher taught drivers ed.
I tied to get out of it at the office and showed them my license.  They made a note I needed to be moved from the class and gave me my copy of the note.
But It had became mandatory that year.
So I got lost in the shuffle.
I told the teacher the first day I already had my license and thought it ridicules  that I must take the class.
He didn’t even listen and said it was mandatory.
I showed him my receipt about getting transferred out.  He said sit.
I figured, I already had my license and would just use the class like a study hall to finish other class work.  That lasted two weeks.
I checked back at the office.
When the teacher objected to my study hall, I started bringing a reading book.
I checked back at the office.
I would not do or turn in any of the work.
He kept calling on me in class.
I would ignore him.  I would sometimes Say I don’t know even if I did without looking up at him or answer in a really loud voice as I read from my book a crazy answer.
I would keep checking at the office for a new class.
Teacher kept Telling me to stay after class.
I just ignored him.
After a month,
He got fed up and told me I needed to straighten up or I would not get my drivers license.
I pulled it out of my pocket and said this license?!
I was told to go to the office.
I did.
Told them what had happened and was completely honest about it.
Principal was now involved.  Said they made a mistake and I needed to stay in the class.
The teacher said he would not let me in.
I said then the school is going to know about the time you slammed me against the wall and broke my spine.
He said no witnesses.  I smiled viciously and said I have three and we already have their statements in their own words given with their parents permission.
He went in. Filled out the certification of completion and handed it to me that day.  He says. Anything else?
I said. Yes my dad wants reimbursed for the doctors bill it was $2500.00.  He wants cash.  Should I have him come see you?
That evening the horrid teacher showed up at my dads with cash.

I remember being given poor grades by an English teacher because she knew someone I knew had had sex with her husband.
I got fed up.  Even her favorite student was fed up.
 And pointed out why she treated me the way she did.
I convinced her favorite student, who come to find out actually hated her, to turn my work in as her own to prove a point that I did do good class work, and I turned in the favorite students.  
It worked!
The next assignment I wrote it and the favorite student copied it.  We turned them in and of course I was accused of copying hers and she received an A.
Needless to say we proved it to the principal but it didn’t matter.
The principal didn’t really care.  I was moved out of her classes and into Spanish.
I remember her teacher husband was always making me stay after class alone for any reason.  He touched my chest and I stabbed at him with my pencil. I wonder how he explained that one?

The Spanish class I was moved into... the first day the teacher told me I would fail her class because I could not roll my R’s.  I failed.  I was already to far behind the day they moved me to catch up.

I spent 5 years in grade school going to a speech therapist for my S’s and Th’s. 5 years! Maybe if my speech therapist was not passed out drunk during most of my sessions it might of helped.

I remember being pawed by another art teacher who thought he could. I had a spray wand, for paint in my hand.  I sprayed his crotch.   I wonder how he explained that to his wife?  I never went back to his class.

I remember puking in biology class almost daily because the smell gave me migraines.
The teacher was tired of me running out of the room without permission.
I was given detention.
Never went.
Had my lunch card held till I did.
Stopped eating lunch.
I was finally removed from the class because I had missed to much of it form being in the hall or bathroom vomiting.  To this day smells of formaldehyde and other strong things give me headaches or turn my stomach.

I remember having  food poisoning from the cafeteria more then once.  It happened so often they usually just waited till I was done throwing up, rehydrates me and sent me back to class.

I remember taking thousands of photos as assigned by the photography teacher and never getting any credit for them in the yearbook.

I remember coming into the math class at the end of the day in JR high, as was demanded by the teacher so my grades would come up if I worked harder.
Caught him embracing and mutual pawing with a classmate.

Reported it to the 7th grade counselor and she called me a liar and threatened me if I told anyone else.
That pawing math teacher and former classmate are married with kids now.

This same councilor would watch us in the shower in PE and I hated her for it.
Her brother was the other councilor it made no sense to get help from him and the principal I had known for 5 years at my former grade school.
We had issues with him and my fourth grade teacher trying to beat me with a paddle for doing things I had not done. Forcing me to ride a hopity-hop in pe when I had a doctors note not to participate with a broken arm and the other arm in a brace.     I ended up with a Cracked vertebra when I could not keep the Hopity-hop under me.
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Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Things never change.

2012 March 3.

A relative who is a very big wig in a big big church messages me obviously IRATE,  "Why wont you accept our relationship status on facebook?"
I reply, We are not even friends on facebook. Why would you want to claim me as a relative on facebook when you have not acknowledge me in life in 25 years since I started dating that biker?
He messages back "Well how are you?   How many kids do you have?  How long have you been married?  Who did you marry?  Do I know him? "
I messaged him back,  I am super, saved, no longer a member of your church but walking with the Lord.  I have two kids and have been married 25 years to that biker. You told me to dump or be excommunicated."
He replied back to me.  "Your right.  Never mind."
I replied,  "I do not mind at all.  That was the point 25 years ago and apparently the point today. Take that how you want it.  Know I forgave you but choose to not be part of the life you choose for me.  I have moved on.  I hope you will find your way and see that just because someone is not worthy to you does not mean they are not worthy to the Lord....or me."

You know I thought this was pretty well thought out and truthful.  I do not feel guilt for it at all.
Is that bad?                            
Had another incident this week when leaving church.  A lady says to me "Isn't it nice that the church has been able to pay for your daughter to go to her art camp?"  
I replied in a tone trying to stay calm but failing. "It would be if it was true.  FYI the church only writes the check to send to the Fine ARTS council, and the pastor helps her buy finding jobs for her to do for pay, many at the church.  She works for every penny for food and gas.  Last year the pastor even found a friend of his for her to stay with and those wonderful people even fed her."                                            
I then probably offended and will have to ask for forgiveness because I said, "I do not think any of it would happen if it was not for the pastor."               This is a wonderful church because they do a fireworks booth every year and the local kids work at it many getting to go to camp.  Most of the kids that work at it work 8 to 10 hours a day to help and possible get to go to camp.  They work hard!                        
Sadly today my daughter had to also go ask for a check to be written for fine arts because of the deadline.  The man that writes the checks made her feel like she was asking for money she had not earned.  She has been working prepping a room for painting and will be painting it the trim in another room and part of a staircase.  She is extremely blessed and thankful by this and loves that she is earning it.  But it has been a good lesson in how even at church money makes the people in charge of it strange in their behavior in this simple matter.                                                                    
Sad still no matter what church I attend this type of treatment is rampant.

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