Last week on Wednesday my 1st period teacher asked a basic spelling question that anyone from the age of 4 could answer. Nobody. And I mean NOBODY got it right besides me and two others. After no one else got it right I said out loud that everyone in the class was genuinely stupid and that a toddler could do better than them. I then got sent to the office and had to do detention for lunch. Am i the asshole or am I in the right
**YTA.**
Unless the word was CAT.
Not because you knew the answer, but because you insulted everyone else in the class. Knowing something other people don’t doesn’t make them stupid, and calling your entire class “genuinely stupid” is just unnecessary.
School isn’t only about knowing the right answer it’s also about how you treat people. You could’ve just answered the question and moved on. Instead you chose to put everyone else down, which is why the teacher sent you to the office.
Being right doesn’t give you a free pass to be rude.
YTA, just because you knew the answer doesn’t give you the right to be rude and condescending.
YTA.
I hope you enjoy eating your lunch alone from now on, because no one in your class will want to spend any time with you.
YTA you’re genuinely stupid for having to ask, even my toddler nephew knows better
(See how that makes me sound like an AH and probably doesn’t make you feel too good?)
YTA
School is literally for learning things. You don’t need to learn things you already know. Unfortunately 21% of Americans can’t read. It’s judgements like this that are part of the reason people don’t ask for help. We’re worse off as a society when people are afraid to say they don’t know something others might find basic and need to learn for fear of judgement.
YTA. What did you hope to accomplish by saying that? It was rude and uncalled for. You should apologize and try to do better. It’s great to know the answer. But it’s much more admirable to be a decent human.
YTA. Get over yourself.
YTA. You don’t talk down to people like that. Smart people keep their mouths shut. Stupid people run their mouth and try to act superior.
YTA. Maybe people in your class have learning disabilities, maybe English isn’t their first language, maybe their parents were having a screaming argument all night and they didn’t get any sleep and can’t think, maybe they haven’t eaten all day and aren’t focused on spelling things, maybe they can spell it perfectly but just don’t give a shit about proving that. The only one who looked stupid in there was you, for displaying a childish lack of empathy toward others and feeling superior about being able to spell a word.
The word you used in the judgement bot “for lack of a better word” not only confirms your lack of empathy but also the limitations of your vocabulary.
When you are older and look back on this moment, try not to be too hard on yourself. But do try to be better than this.
YTA. You are showing very low emotional intelligence here.
What a needlessly nasty thing to say to your entire class.
I’ll “summarize” what I actually want to say here because you’re a child, YTA
YTA. School is for learning. Just because you thought something was easy doesn’t mean it was for everyone else. Calling people stupid is bullying behavior.
A toddler would have handled this situation better than you. It’s one spelling question, mate, not the Mensa. Going forward, I suggest you cool your heels before labelling people loudly. Build your EQ along with your IQ.
YTA. You can think whatever you want, but don’t have to say everything you think.