A Green Text Story that I Wrote · 4:28am Dec 23rd, 2015
>be me
>middle school (about 6 years ago)
>we were good students back then
>a few of us decide to clean the classroom as a surprise for our teacher
>I volunteer as lookout; didn't do any actual cleaning
>oh well
>keep my watch from behind an oak tree in front of the classroom (the campus was open-air)
>making sure the teacher's distracted by yard duty
>get idea
>dip back inside
>tell the others to send someone out to further distract the teacher
>shit goes down on the field
>teacher runs out to investigate
>I tell them "Never mind!"
>resume watch
>several minutes pass
>probably had the easiest job of the bunch
>bell rings
>recess over
>I walk in
>classroom is spotless
>sit at my desk
>face door
>teacher's face is gonna be priceless
>easy A for us
>a few students walk in behind me
>thisisthefinalcountdown.mkv
>teacher walks in
>my heart skips a beat
>she's disappointed
>principal walks in too, pretty angry with us
>pray tell, why?
>teacher takes seat at neatly-organized desk
>principal faces the class
>It turns out that a few hooligans in our class stirred up a wasps' nest, and a couple of people got stung.
>everyone in class is punished
>including those who were cleaning
>including me
>teacher never commented on the cleanliness of the classroomIf that day had taught me one thing, it was that people can be punished for doing the right thing.
Originally posted this one on 4chan itself. The thread got deleted in less than half an hour. At least here I'm not subject to that sort of censorship. Right?
Good night, and good luck.
I actually experienced similar things going through primary school, secondary school, college, and university. Except that I was typically the victim of favoritism. As in, the teachers would choose their favorites, and I was never it. I experienced a varying forms of harassment by teachers all through school. One example was university when a teacher accused me of plagiarism and tried to get me kicked out of my English major program. Well, at the end of the day, it was shown that I did nothing wrong. But the teacher made it very hard for me by spreading rumors about me, and I was harassed by most professors I had until I graduated. So I too did the right thing; I stood up for myself. But the education system, doesn't always care about that. Some educators care about being right and abusing their positions of authority. Long story short, I have sympathy for people who had to go through the same type of hing. It is never fun to be blamed for what someone else has done. But I've seen this a lot on the education system.
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Very true.
But in this situation, there was also favoritism, and I was one of the favorites (along with three other students, whose names I shall not disclose), since I don't cause any drama on-campus. The point is that it doesn't matter who's the favorite and who isn't; it only takes one screwball to ruin it for everyone else.
I have a similar story, one that occurred just the other week. Mind if I share?
3638360 Sure, go ahead. I'd love to hear it.
3638366
In the traditional green text format:
This situation, in contrast to the earlier one, involved a classroom of screwballs instead of a select few.
3638405 Wow, that sounds like a frustrating situation. I myself was part of a few classes where all of the students were unruly and I was only one of like two students who actually did their work. :/ So I know the feeling.
Ah, no good deed goes unpunished.
3693002
Indeed so.