[ SECRET POST #2041 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2041 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Petty Grudges You've Held Since Childhood

[(Anonymous)]

Hmm, well, you were old enough to HAVE ALDs like FM devices, etc. Try being the only deaf (not Deaf) kid mainstreamed in a public school who was actually smarter than the teachers (7th grade, the teacher let us watch TV all day. Not even "educational" TV. Just TV.) and having to constantly fight for a seat at the front of the class. Never mind getting them to turn around when they talked.

So, I devoured every page of every textbook that was handed out (helps that I was a speed reader, hah), and cruised through all the tests, despite "poor class performance" remarks (whereas I always got "Excellent" in that category, in the INCLUSIVE public school I attended from K-2) and the teachers hated me even more. Especially when I would zone out because I was bored out of my mind, the teacher would call on me, thinking I hadn't heard them (I hadn't), but I would still be able to answer correctly, because I'd read ahead in the book.

So, yeah, I was bullied by the teachers, and that attitude carried on down through the kids.

Funny thing is, though, I don't hold any grudges about it...even though I'd probably be justified in some respects...it's just not worth it. Life is too short, and the school system is only an insignificant part of the bigger picture. Of course I say this at thirty years' remove, so.

I do credit the experience for making me the bullheaded, won't-take-no or you-telling-me-I-can't-do-something-is-just-ASKING-for-me-to-open-a-can-of-kick-on-your-backside person that I am today. But maybe that's not a good thing....