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In junior high—7th and 8th grade at that time—we had a Reading teacher who I swear joined the profession for the power it gave him.
He'd provoke the boys to try to get them angry enough for an outburst so he could put his hands on them—pushing them around or gripping them by the shoulder to hold them in their seat—and pretend to be a tough guy.
He knew no 12 - 14-year-old boy in a small rural town in the 1980s was going to push back or hit a teacher.
He'd mock the girls about their looks or slut shame them if they had a boyfriend until he'd get them to cry.
One day he decided he'd refer to us all by our middle names, thinking the girls with the unusual ones would get upset. My friend Katherine Edith did, I—Amelia Mavis—just earned a new nickname I was cool with because I loved my kick-a** Grandma Mavis.
This performance was the first 5-15 minutes of every single class until he got the power trip he wanted.
I was one of the kids he didn't bother with because he couldn't get a reaction from me no matter what he said—autism has its advantages—and he never put his hands on the girls. Had he touched me—autism—he'd have gotten a big reaction he may not have enjoyed.
Between autism brain and a near eidetic memory, I was able to coast with all As in a rural Maine school, my Mother was an outspoken member of the school board, and I was taught common courtesy was expected, but respect had to be earned.
About two months into 7th grade—our first year with him—I decided I'd had enough of his nonsense.
But, more on that later.
Reddit user InfinateUniverse asked:
"What was the angriest you've seen a student get at a teacher?"
Rough Draft
"Friend in high School drafting class spent an entire weekend on a drawing after teacher said there was no such thing as a perfect drawing."
"Friend brought his drawing in and the teacher, Mr. Brunke, put it on his drafting table and scrutinized it closely for several minutes, even taking out a magnifying glass."
"Finally, the teacher took out a red marker, smiled at my friend, and circled a corner that has literally a 1/128 over draw...and that red marker circle was about 6 loops and 6 inches round."
"My friend turned beat red and was seething rage, walking back to his desk shaking in anger. When he got to his desk, he looked at his drawing, looked at the teacher then looked at the drawing again and then screamed, 'BRUNKE! YOU'RE A D*CK!!!!'."
"The classroom went dead silent."
"Believe it or not nothing happened to him because even the teacher had to admit it was a d*ck move."
~ gerryf19
Flip-Flop
"We were doing an exam. We were told we could do the exam one way and could submit it early."
"We got to the room and he reneged and said what we did is no longer valid. He changed his mind an hour in and said we could do it the original way."
"One person in my class said 'So you're lying?' and the teacher just had a big smug smirk on his face."
"This guy just exploded on him, submitted his exam, and left."
~ SteroidSandwich
Desk Toss
"Dude picked up a desk and full on caveman threw it at the teacher."
"Most impressive thing I've seen someone do.
"Guy was toothpick skinny, but his anger turned him into Red Hulk rage strong."
~ Omni_Devil
"We had a kid do that in the 7th or 8th grade."
"Middle of the class with a desk that's attached to the chair. One handed over 3 rows of students before it bounced off the teachers desk."
"Most impressive feat of strength I've ever seen barring professional lifters."
"I have 0 clue what set the poor kid off either. Didn't hear nor see what occurred until the desk started lifting."
~ Jdawg_mck1996
Grading On A Curve Ball
"The teacher had told us she was grading things a certain way, and it meant I had enough extra credit where I could skip a project and still get an A in the class."
"The day the project was due she changed how much she it was going to affect our grade."
"I absolutely lost it, called her an incompetent b*tch, and stormed out to the principal."
"Fortunately for me, the principal took my side and forced her to stick to the original weighting."
~ tedivm
Sometimes The Bully Is The Teacher
"Teacher back in high school used to think making jokes at the shy kids expense would help coax them out of their shell and feel more comfortable."
"Was all fun and games until one day he pushes the wrong button and the kid is up screaming and crying explaining to the teacher exactly why it’s not okay to do what he’s doing through their emotions and tears."
The teacher gave a half-assed, non-apologetic apology and was fired about six months later when other alumni and students opened up about their experience with the same teacher.
~ VerticalMotivation
Feeling Cheated
"Me getting mad at my teacher back in elementary school."
"We used to do these timed multiplication tests and I've always been bad at math. The day we did the test for multiples of two I got them all right—because that's easy—and the teacher was convinced I cheated off of someone else."
"Sent me to the office and called my parents and everything."
"I was so proud of myself for actually being able to complete the test only for that to happen—I was so upset and frustrated."
~ az1mo
No Hall Pass
"7th grade, a highly problematic kid was always asking the teacher to 'go to the toilet' and always returned smelling like cigarette smoke."
"One day, the teacher said no, so he just unzipped and peed on the classroom floor."
"He became a mediocre professional football player."
~ ruimilk
Can't Say This Now
"My friend in 7th grade would have very aggressive arguments with our art teacher and would frequently get kicked out of the class."
"One time, after screaming at each other for ten minutes, he finally gets kicked out once again. So he punches the desk, curses the teacher out, grabs his backpack and before opening the door to leave he turns back at the teacher amd the whole class and angrily goes:"
"'I'm going but i will be back!'."
"Everybody laughed except for the teacher who kept arguing with him as he went down the hallway towards the principal's office."
~ Zestyclose-Cat7034
Zoom Off
"It was me, I was the angry student. It was during the pandemic time 4 years ago and my school was doing Zoom classes."
"I get a phone call in the middle of English—my grandpa was sick and I was living with him and my grandma was the one calling. I answer because what’s the teacher gonna do?"
"My grandpa passed. The teacher tells me to get off my phone."
"I unmute myself to tell her that my grandpa just passed and she REMOVES ME from the Zoom meeting."
"Everyone was on my side."
~ turtle_things
Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention
"Teacher wouldn’t let a kid go get tissues from the bathroom, so he stood up and blew his nose in the quiz we were taking and threw it on the ground."
"Not a huge deal but definitely funny at the time."
~ RorschachAssRag
Surprise!
"I had a professor just this last semester (my last semester before graduating) that had shadow due dates. She would have things set to be due on Sundays and Saturdays with absolutely no postings about them. These assignments were not even on the assignment schedule."
"People (myself included) were extremely upset at the random zeros we would get. Me and several other students reached out to her asking what the deal was. Her response was basically, 'This class is teaching you how to be efficient with your time and maintain a difficult schedule'."
"I and many other students sent emails to other professors and school staff about it, and the solution was that they had her drop 2 of our lowest grades, and she had to move all the weekend due dates to either Mondays or Fridays."
"But that was one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever seen, and needless to say, I and the majority of my classmates were PISSED."
~ i420PraiseIt
Pushing Buttons
"In high school I had a nasty science teacher."
"She told me I would drop out of school, grow to be a failure and die alone."
"She got mad at my friend for being on his phone and said 'your mother would not be happy with this behavior'—his mom had died the past summer."
"He flipped out, cursed her out incoherently through tears, threw a desk at the lab tables and ran out."
~ BlazeG0D
Who's The Adult?
"My 5th grade teacher threw a metal stapler at me for quietly answering the questions of the girl who sat next to me who had been out sick for a few days."
"The stapler damn near hit me in the face, and as he came charging down the aisle at me, I pushed my chair at him and got the f*ck out of the classroom."
"He's lucky he left the resulting meeting between he, the principal, and my rather pissed off father, with all of his teeth."
~ SQWRLLY1
Rude!
"I was in first grade (6 or 7 years-old at the time) and a book we were reading had my Mom’s name in it. Her name isn’t really uncommon, but my little self though it was so cool. I raised my hand and confidently said 'that’s my moms name!'."
"This woman looked me dead in the eye for like three seconds and said 'good for you' in the most monotone, rude, lifeless manner possible. Even at the young age of 6, I could hear the sarcasm and negativity in her voice."
"She kept looking at me for like 2 seconds with her blank stare before I broke the gaze. One of the other kids thought what I said was cool at first, but promptly lowered his excitement after hearing her response."
"That was probably my earliest memory of someone being blatantly rude for no reason. I never forgave her."
~ Con_Man_Ray
So, how did I deal with my 7th grade Reading teacher?
I interrupted him while he was saying to girls in our class must have spent the night before in the gravel pit—local make-out spot—with their boyfriends. So far only one girl was crying, so it was going to be awhile before he was done.
"Are you going to teach at all today or is it just going to be more of your unprofessional, immature harassment to boost your fragile ego?"
He was momentarily shocked into silence because students usually kept their heads down and mouths shut, not wanting his focus to shift to them.
"Are you going to be the class mommy now, Mavis? Are you going to be the class lawyer, Mavis?"
As I recall, I told him he could call me whatever he wanted, but if he kept this idiocy up, I'd be the class 'put my size 3 foot so far up [his] a** they'll think I grew there'.
"Grow up and do your job, because I have better things to do than listen to you torment students or watch you assault them during my class time. I'm done."
I let him know if he didn't stop, I'd leave and go directly to Mr. Seeley—former military, no-nonsense head of alternate schooling program for the kids other teachers couldn't handle who liked me and had a zero bullsh*t tolerance for teachers and admin. I'd detail exactly what he'd been doing to Mr. Seeley then file a formal complaint with the school board, the district and the state and if necessary federally.
He chuckled and did the typical "can't take a joke" face saving then started class. For the rest of that year and all of the next, he'd start class by asking me if I was going to be mean to him again.
And I'd always respond:
"Are you going to make me need to be mean to you again?"
He acted like we were friends bantering back and forth. Years later he'd send me a Facebook friend request.
Dude, I thought you were a useless tool when I was 12 years-old. My opinion hasn't improved. I ignored his request.
In some cases the student was dealing with issues outside of school, in others they were reacting to what was happening at school.
What's the angriest you've seen a student get at a teacher?