My mother, although awesome in many ways, was laissez-faire to the point of benign neglect. She never nagged, she never fought my battles, she never interfered with my school experience. Good thing I was a conscientious student. I was on my own! It made me self-reliant and well organized. And hurt me, when I…

My husband and I played classical music during my first birthing... my daughter popped out to Flight of the Valkyries... and I looked down to see my doctor stitching me up, waving the hemostat and needle around like he's conducting the philharmonic. To this day, I can't hear that song without flashbacks to labor and…

As an educator and substitute teacher I understand how some kids can be awful. Especially as a substitue. There are times where I get little to no respect from students.

.........I had a sophomore English teacher say the same exact thing to my class. I truly hope we're talking about the same person because that's too weirdly specific and crazy for multiple sophomore English teachers to be running around saying that. Oh my god.

My middle daughter had a teacher that hated her on the spot. We never did figure out the reason but this teacher would just bully and ridicule her - to the point that other student's were going to the office to complain. Even the other students who did not get along with my daughter had complained at least once. My…

Please never reproduce you fucking psycho.

MKULTRA was behavior modification. It's so cute how people think that committing violence against people discourages violence. I've gotten into too many fistfights with my sisters to think that's how people work.

it is. In Tennesse, in 2005, I had to sign for both my sons, one in middle school and one in high school. I had 3 options: you may hit my kid, you may hit my kid but you need to call me first or you may not hit my kid.

In the early 2000's I worked for crappy Chicago Life Insurance company as a guy who un-stapled papers mailed into the office. I was not famous nor cared to be...so my co-worker also worked with me, and this bro who sometimes worked was known as Mr. Wonderful and everyone loved JEFF, a handsome, rising movie star,…

the belt isn't behavior modification, it's punishment. Which may work in the short term but will not work for long. Behavior modification should not be aversive, but replace shitty behaviors with acceptable behaviors through a system of rewards, resulting in change for the better. The belt buckle is abuse. and teacher…

I remember my early grades being like that, I started grade 1 in 1974. It was a time of change but there were still some old school teachers around. A lot of what would be considered abuse today, although it was rarely physical. And yet we survived, I guess, mostly intact.

HAHA! I'd be doing the same...or "Richo! Richo, Richo-o-o-o, Richo!" to Peter Gabriel's "Biko"

I did not watch the video as I don't want to be triggered. But this brings back memories of my mom. She never hit me (did run at me and barely touch me like she would hit me a couple times) but mostly would get in my face and scream at me. For hours somtimes. And the thing was, it was for almost no reason. I never did…

My elementary school principal was a very rotund man and he yelled a lot. Even though he never yelled at me just hearing him get angry with other students made me a nervous wreck from kindergarten until sixth grade. I blame him for the fact that even as an adult I can't handle hearing someone yelling at another…

Okay, so let me sum it up for you.

Here's a good question....why do so many people who obviously dislike being around children end up teaching children? I had a third grade teacher who always seemed to hate about 50% of my class, including me. I could never figure out why she kept teaching as she obviously disliked it so much.

Jesus. I don't even have kids (shit, I don't even like kids), and this upset me tremendously. Look, jobs suck, being a teacher can suck, kids can suck. But you don't lay your hands on another living being like that. You just don't. If you ever get that frustrated over a kid going to the bathroom, you really need to…

As a former Pre-K teacher I'm not surprised.

I've reported a coworker to DCF for violence against a child; for months my life was a living hell as I became the work pariah. Even the investigation was a joke. I was consistently pressured that maybe I hadn't even seen what I had actually witnessed - by the investigator!

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Uh oh, I guess when I go pick up a plot from my company's Ricoh plotter I gotta quit singing "Ricoh! suave."

My mother is really into Rocky Horror, and one holiday played it in the car all the way to the destination, when my sister and I were too young to really get most of it. Anyway, fast forward to the first day back at school, and my mother received a complaint. My 6 year old sister had somehow memorised the lyrics and…