tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16644653.post113397050094983214..comments2023-11-05T05:43:57.087-05:00Comments on Read - Think - Live: Pearl Harbor DayRead/Think/Livehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09946730359021209276noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16644653.post-1134738045647353052005-12-16T08:00:00.000-05:002005-12-16T08:00:00.000-05:00When I was in fifth grade, I had the best teacher ...When I was in fifth grade, I had the best teacher ever, Miss Martin. One day, we were in science class in the cafeteria (shows how much respect our school system had for science education--another whole story) and we were sitting at long tables, instead of desks. The girls at the other end of my table cooked up a scheme called "Let's be mean to Tammy"--I think Tammy was chosen almost at random--she was normally one of the in-group, not a natural outcast of any kind. The plan was carried out and Tammy didn't stand up to the cruelty long before she told the teacher what was happening. Miss Martin stopped the class and she went around the room and every single girl had to say whether or not she had been in on the plan. They had to tell the truth because everybody was witnessing it. Then, all the girls who confessed got taken to another room, en masse, for re-education, including a whack with Miss Martin's Board of Education. I was so lucky to be able to learn that lesson by watching other people get in trouble. It was pure luck that I wasn't at the other end of the table, and I knew it. But after that, I was always vocal about standing up for anybody being picked on by a group, and I made some good friends that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16644653.post-1134592989136480532005-12-14T15:43:00.000-05:002005-12-14T15:43:00.000-05:00My 6th grade teacher was quite possibly one of the...My 6th grade teacher was quite possibly one of the worst people on the face of the place. I was really shy as a child and in 6th grade some girls latched onto my shyness and made fun of me daily for it. Eventually they got kind of violent. She said it was my fault. If I weren't shy then they wouldn't have something to bully me about. Talk about a ridiculous response to a bullying problem. She was young and it was obvious she had been the popular one in school. She had probably been a lot like these girls were. All of my other teachers have been great, though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00365049510703505483noreply@blogger.com