Teachers can also be bullies and show toxic behaviors!!!
I posted this a long while ago when I was on Reddit and I was thinking that since we are all out of school and have time to reflect on the school year it would be a good time to bring this back.
I had a teacher in middle school whose main goal seemed to be tormenting me and I never did anything about it because a) I never knew it was so wrong because I didn’t think teachers could be wrong b) He only singled me out and was a highly praised teacher to everyone else so I thought I was crazy since no one else noticed c) I just didn’t know how because I was afraid to try. I don’t want any of you youngsters to go through this so here is my advice for getting out. I love y’all, stay safe<3
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Yo y’all, because I’m in college now, I thought I would tell y’all how to get out of a situation where you have a toxic teacher.
First, signs you’re being bullied by a teacher:
they belittle you in private
In some cases, they belittle you in front of the class
You feel anxious to go to class because you’re scared of what that teacher might say or do
You get criticized for the homework you turn in and humiliated for the ones you don’t (can be true of things like homework, tardiness, projects, etc...)
You learn the face they make when you have done something wrong or sometimes you didn’t do anything it’s just that That Face™️ means trouble and it can panic you just by seeing it
They make you feel like with out their help, you will be nothing, which is why they can keep taunting you
They start to make you feel as though you need their approval or else you’ll be bad or bad things will happen to you
Honestly contact me for more if you need it but if you relate to all of these then it’s pretty clear
Now how do you get out of this situation because it sucks and you don’t deserve to be treated like this:
Write down everything they have done to you and if you can add dates and witnesses (The trouble with witnesses is that when things are public, especially in middle and high school, kids don’t realize what the teacher is doing is wrong or how it affects you or if the criticism is based on a private conversation from before and they frankly just don’t get it so if you find someone who can then great but if you can’t... neither could I so you’re going to be okay)
Ask a trusted adult to go over the list with you and edit out statements that are subjective (You want to keep an objective list of events as to make facts very very clear. You can always say the subjective in person but chances are, if you are emotional in your list than that might be used against you, so it’s best to treated as a legal document)
Take that edited list to the main office and ask to speak to the principal
If you can’t speak to the principal then talk to a counselor
Read the list allowed and give them a COPY of it (A copy so that they can’t lose it, always keep the original draft of important documents)
From there follow the directions they give you
If this still doesn’t work and you are continuously harassed, bring an adult with you to talk it out with the principal (not the counselor in this case)
I hope this helps some of y’all I know I wish I had something like this to help me out when I had a teacher like this. Just remember, YOU DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT FROM ADULTS AND PEERS so stand up for yourselves guys:) Good luck<3<3<3























