one time when i was a freshman in high school (14 yrs old btw) we had to make political poems regarding some social issue (i genuinely cannot remember the reason why) for a government class. i chose anti vaxxers/alternative medicine parents as my topic (based for 2018) and called it “6 feet under”. on the day it was due my teacher asked for volunteers to present their poems to the class, and when no one wanted to he started picking “randomly”. i was the first to go and as a cringe teen i stumbled through my poem and sat back down. my teacher then went on to explain how parents shouldn’t be shamed for choosing what they want for their children medically and how misguided i was to the entire class. he then targeted me for the rest of the semester by ridiculing me in front of the entire class anytime i took too long to take notes or when my papers weren’t adequate. fuck old conservative dudes i was fucking based
first of all, horrid teacher. im so sorry.
but kind of? idk, im used to teachers kind of looking at me in a “oh to be young. youll grow out of it and become a moderate eventually. happens to all of us.” kind of thing. not really ridiculing me but definitely infantilizing me because im a communist
yeah i had a few commies in my school and my teachers thought they were just stupid kids. only ppl who were praised for views were the maga kids. one kid i knew had a really creepy relationship w a teacher and she was really upset when got engaged right before graduation lmfao. go figure
I kinda stopped sharing my unironic political opinions a good while ago tbh. Biden said some shit about how teachers should report political radicalism or whatever, and it just kinda hit me that putting myself on a list was completely optional and I could just lie lmfao.
I socially transitioned in high school (opticsnvke I know) and was the only out traaaa, so that was fun and opened me up to being bullied by all the adults (and the students ofc). In two different classes, I had teachers do class debates on “Should kids be allowed to transition” and “The trans bathroom debate”. After everyone had finiahed effectively telling my to rope, I gave my small bit of commentary, calmly states and tempered with “Well, this is obviously pretty personally, but…”. The teachers both did the “Well, that got intense” thing after I spoke. I suppose I was expected to keep my mouth shut and take it, as trannies ought to do. I only grew more and more suicidal as I was denied hrt, but the singling out constantly was super funnnnn.
Also, my English teacher was a TERF, but largely kept that to herself
PE teacher repeatedly harassed me for not doing the pledge of allegiance
I hate America
