Teachers and rebels

[theloneassassin]

For those of you still in high school do you still rebel against your teachers? I'm not talking about the whole snooty how dare you yell at me for lighting a desk on fire, I'm talking about when you get blamed for something everyone else is doing. Another example is when you're doing something such as talking and everyone else is doing it and you get yelled at but everyone else gets away fine. (I have got in some trouble for this) I have even had some kid when I was younger actually bully me somewhat and I told him to fuck off and yet I got in trouble. I defended myself to the teacher and she lied to principle and said that I said hateful things to her which I never said at all. Anyone else have situations like this?

 

[Marter]

I never "rebelled" against my teachers, nor did I ever see the point. I've only had a couple of teachers dislike me, and that was something that I dealt with by speaking to them directly about it. Unfair treatment like you've described did happen, but I didn't let it get to me.

Most of the time, I've liked my teachers.

 

[Robert632]

I don't rebel against my teachers, but then again, I've never needed to, as most people are either my friend, or completely indifferent to me, teachers included.

 

[theloneassassin]

I never "rebelled" against my teachers, nor did I ever see the point. I've only had a couple of teachers dislike me, and that was something that I dealt with by speaking to them directly about it. Unfair treatment like you've described did happen, but I didn't let it get to me.

Most of the time, I've liked my teachers.

I have often questions there answers to questions and I assume that gets me on their bad side. Why can't I keep my mouth shut

 

[silversnake4133]

No, because I actually DID what my teachers told me to do. It's all a part of growing up. And yeah there are times where you will get into situations like these, everyone does. This is essentially the time in your life where you'll have to develop a thick skin to what others say to or about you that you may not like.

After all, college is just a few years away, and they sometimes rip you apart there. (Or just, you know, shoot you depending on where your college is located.)

 

[Biodeamon]

most of my teacher's i've liked but the ones i haven't have felt my wrath.

 

[Gladiateher]

I don't rebel against my teachers, but then again, I've never needed to, as most people are either my friend, or completely indifferent to me, teachers included.

Whoa weird I don't remember posting on this topic, and I certainly don't have a dancing kitty avatar. Must be time to stop smoking poprocks.

 

[Saelune]

My Gym Teacher I have, because he is a total prick and does not realize that we are humans, not whatever muscle freak he is.
The whole student body hated him. My brother gets really mad when I even mention him.

 

[Lightning Delight]

I have often questions there answers to questions and I assume that gets me on their bad side. Why can't I keep my mouth shut

I think if you are questioning them and they are getting mad at you, they are doing their job wrong. Either they did a poor job of explaining it and you don't understand, or they don't like people asking questions. Either way, they are not very good teachers. So go for it. Rebel all you want. Although its not really rebelling if all you are doing is asking questions about the class.

 

[Snake Plissken]

When I was still in high school, I fucking terrorized my Spanish 2 teacher.

She had a weird thing against ambient noise. Tapping or clicking sounds drove her nuts.
...so I went to the band room, stole a metronome, and hid it in the ceiling tiles before class. After about 3 minutes she broke down and started to cry, and then promptly canceled class.

Later on she kicked me out of class for peeing in the trash can. I had to go real bad and she wouldn't let me. This was my senior year, mind you, and I had already turned 18. She wouldn't let a legal adult walk 15 feet down the hall, pee, and then come back to class. I told her that if she didn't let me, I'd go over to the trash can and pee in that. A "No you won't, yes I will" argument went on for about 10 seconds before I finally put her to the test. As I started to pee, she told me to just leave the class. I missed the last 2 weeks of class and still passed with a "B".

...I'm a teacher now.

 

[TwistedEllipses]

It all depended on the teacher and whether we respected them. Although all supply teachers were fair game...

 

[Phlakes]

I've never rebelled. Ever. Especially against teachers. They have at least as much work as you and have dozens of rebellious teenagers they have to put up with every day, and have almost no benefits and get almost no salary, so just give them a fucking break. I don't want to be cliched, but imagine if you were them. Imagine if there's some kid who thinks he;s better than you that keeps talking back to you to make himself feel clever.

And there are teachers who just suck at their jobs or at being a good person but they're still human. When you get older, nobody cares if you were the one who played a prank on the Spanish teacher everyone hated.

 

[SilentCom]

I've graduated high school a few years back but I've never really had any problems with teachers. I was never really the rebel, I usually listened to my teachers and did the best I could in school. Some of the other students thought I was too much of a nice guy though. I don't blame them, I was very much nice back then.

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

No, because I actually DID what my teachers told me to do. It's all a part of growing up.

That definition seems pretty arbitrary. As far as nature is concerned, growing up means challenging your given authority figures.

When I was still in high school, I fucking terrorized my Spanish 2 teacher.

She had a weird thing against ambient noise. Tapping or clicking sounds drove her nuts.
...so I went to the band room, stole a metronome, and hid it in the ceiling tiles before class. After about 3 minutes she broke down and started to cry, and then promptly canceled class.

Later on she kicked me out of class for peeing in the trash can. I had to go real bad and she wouldn't let me. This was my senior year, mind you, and I had already turned 18. She wouldn't let a legal adult walk 15 feet down the hall, pee, and then come back to class. I told her that if she didn't let me, I'd go over to the trash can and pee in that. A "No you won't, yes I will" argument went on for about 10 seconds before I finally put her to the test. As I started to pee, she told me to just leave the class. I missed the last 2 weeks of class and still passed with a "B".

...I'm a teacher now.

Ha, good story. I'd feel bad for her if she wasn't the arsey kind of teacher.

The way I remember it, it was the arsey teachers who saw themselves as authority figures who inspired the most rebellion. The teachers who came-across as relatable human-beings were given plenty of respect. That's definitly the case in my adult life with bosses/managers.

I'm not convinced that it's natural(or even healthy) to be fine with constantly being told what to do.

 

[Fetzenfisch]

the cases in OP's post aren't rebellion, they are justified defense.thats a difference.
I was kind of a rebell in school. out of myself. But i nearly always got away with it. I wasnt insulting or threatening, just doubting, questioning and joking and most important 100% honest with what i said, even if it put their work in question.
And if i didnt liked what was done and we couldnt agree on a change, i skipped.
and you know what? i got away with that too. In my last 2 years in school there was hardly a day in school where i didnt skip 2 hours. and why did i get away with it? because i "could allow myself to" , i wasnt dumb, i was interested in a lot of things, i had good grades. I could skip a class of chemistry or latin and then a week later say "sorry Mr.xyz i didnt feel like it" they appreciated the honesty and they knew i had informed myself if i missed something important.
the teachers i got along with best, where the ones i had real loud arguments with.some of them quite ugly ones not completely swear-free. But since we always stayed in an equal register (level/quality of speech) we werent insulted.Thats where you know you got a good teacher there, if he/She manages to stay on an level of equality, without the students losing respect.