For some reason I've had this on my mind today.
I once made a teacher cry when I was in Sixth Form. The teacher was a good teacher but she had a habit of effectively belittling and bullying her pupils. Obviously, now I'm older I can see how that doesn't mean she's a bad person, but just wished for the best of her students and this was probably just her management style. However, I do also recall she had a very "too cool for school" attitude almost like you didn't actually matter. She did leave about a year later, so I can only assume she'd grown tired of the job!
I genuinely cannot remember the exact circumstances of what happened or what was said on this particular day I made her cry, but I recall the head of Sixth later approaching me and telling me she'd been in his office crying about a disagreement we'd had in class earlier. The head demanded that I apologise to her and I remember flat out refusing to on principle (I have no problem with apologising when I think I'm in the wrong) and being quite adamant that she should apologise to me (which tells me she crossed some line).
I remember at the time feeling a little satisfied that someone had finally stood up to her, but eight years on, thinking back I can't say I'm really proud of it. I'd apologise to her now if given the chance, but not for whatever the principle was, but for upsetting her. No-one likes that over their head.
I understand teachers are just people trying to do their job and have myriad pressures and obviously want the best for their pupils/students. However, in context at the time I had more than my fair share of problems, so I can only really put it down to one of those things and she crossed a line of some description. Doesn't make me feel any less guilty about it though, even if it was totally justified!
Reading through some google-searches, it seems some things that people have done to make teachers cry are really quite nasty.
I once made a teacher cry when I was in Sixth Form. The teacher was a good teacher but she had a habit of effectively belittling and bullying her pupils. Obviously, now I'm older I can see how that doesn't mean she's a bad person, but just wished for the best of her students and this was probably just her management style. However, I do also recall she had a very "too cool for school" attitude almost like you didn't actually matter. She did leave about a year later, so I can only assume she'd grown tired of the job!
I genuinely cannot remember the exact circumstances of what happened or what was said on this particular day I made her cry, but I recall the head of Sixth later approaching me and telling me she'd been in his office crying about a disagreement we'd had in class earlier. The head demanded that I apologise to her and I remember flat out refusing to on principle (I have no problem with apologising when I think I'm in the wrong) and being quite adamant that she should apologise to me (which tells me she crossed some line).
I remember at the time feeling a little satisfied that someone had finally stood up to her, but eight years on, thinking back I can't say I'm really proud of it. I'd apologise to her now if given the chance, but not for whatever the principle was, but for upsetting her. No-one likes that over their head.
I understand teachers are just people trying to do their job and have myriad pressures and obviously want the best for their pupils/students. However, in context at the time I had more than my fair share of problems, so I can only really put it down to one of those things and she crossed a line of some description. Doesn't make me feel any less guilty about it though, even if it was totally justified!
Reading through some google-searches, it seems some things that people have done to make teachers cry are really quite nasty.
