hey everyone! just for some context i’m a senior who takes a college level animal science course, i’m very diligent in my studies and i care about my grades, i’ve taken classes with this teacher for four years.
me and my best friend were out sick one day. when i came into school the following morning i overheard some girls talking about how our animal science teacher (who i will call mrs. apple from now on) had announced a test yesterday (the day i was sick) for today (the day i came back) and that the class received physical study guides to fill out and use during the test she also insinuated that she believed my friend and i were skipping, to the whole class, while we weren’t there
after the period when i overheard the girls i went down to mrs apples room to try and pick up the study guide. unfortunately she told me that she didnt believe i was sick and thought that me and my best friend who’s also in her classes were skipping school and refused to give me the study guide citing that my absences were unexcused, even though my mom literally called the school and they didn’t pick up.
after seeing i wasn’t going to get anywhere with her, i went to my guidance counselor and explained the situation, she sided with me and was able to get my absences excused and she emailed mrs apple that i would not be taking the test
when i arrived to my animal science class she insisted i take the test, i told her very respectfully that i would not be taking her test this period and she continued to suggest that i wasnt really ill. i told her how much this hurt me since she knows how rigorous i am in my studies. she did not like that i was advocating for myself and ended up yelling at me and kicking me out of class. when my friend went to check on me mrs apple said that im a big girl and can handle myself and then she said “that was so unnecessary, im going to reconsider allowing study guides during the test” in my eyes this makes me the villain of the story to my peers.
am i in the wrong for disrupting the class selfishly?
NTA, this sounds like a teacher on a power trip. Let your parents and your counselor know what happened. She’s still insisting that you were sick, tried to force you into something that was previously stated you didn’t need to do, then yelling and kicking you out, further disrupting your learning.
Then document, document, document. I had a math teacher my senior year of high school who was like that, and let me tell you the more instances and details you have what is happening, makes it really hard to fully ignore. Anytime she’s acting up you make a note, time, date, who was there {the school can also see, but naming witnesses makes it harder for them to ignore sometimes}, what was said or done, what retaliatory actions happen. Keep your parent and the school in the loop that this is an ongoing issue until she’s dealt with
NTA AT ALL. It’s time you put that teacher into place, just because they lead the class doesn’t mean they’re supposed to be this controlling and suspicious. You literally had an alibi, you were sick. Plus, a good student? Ur teacher basically wanted to pick a fight and complain.
If she does this again stand your ground. You are not disrupting the class, SHE is disrupting the class.
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YEAH!!! WE SHOULD OWN THE TEACHER
NTA. You did not disrupt the class. You asked to be treated fairly; but for some reason, your teacher does not believe you. You have an excused absence. It’s up to your teacher to accommodate your absence.
NTA. Do not go your whole life thinking you’re in the wrong or needing to be told you’re in the wrong in such a black and white situation.