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Humanity has progressed quite a lot when it comes to human rights, respect, tolerance, and the like, but there is still a ways to go as inequality and discrimination is still a thing—quite a big one, actually. And the internet has become a bit of a platform for people to share such experiences.

Shira (@shirainspired) recently went to Twitter to ask people what was the most unnecessarily ableist thing a teacher ever did to them. For those unaware, ableism means discrimination and social prejudice against a person with a disability. This is usually based on the belief that typical abilities are superior.

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A good number of people responded to her, sharing some of the most heartbreaking experiences they ever had in school.Bored Panda has compiled a list of some of these responses, which you can find, vote and comment on below.

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Busy_D
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As someone who had an asthma attack and could barely run the small distance to my room before almost passing out, i gotta say this is stupid

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Billy The Kid
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Teachers should be encouraging this. If i have a student that is a fast learner and well ahead of the others i will ask him/her to help those that are behind. This helps me out and it gives the student a sense of pride that he/she is doing something good.

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Billy The Kid
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You should of had a word with her after class and tell her how degrading it was her acting like that.

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Busy_D
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My teacher yells at me for doing this too. She actually told me it was "Her time" and everyone should only be focusing on her even though she was just barely talking about random stuff to a different student.

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Foxxy (The Original)
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If this ever happened/happens to my child I would be storming into that classroom to have words with the teacher. I do not agree with homework unless it is work that wasn’t finished in class, reading or sight words. Everything else can f**k off. The kids are at school for 5 days a week and approx 6 hours a day. After school and weekends is for family time, personal time and learning life skills at home like cleaning and cooking etc.

Shelp
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't get it. It makes me so sad to think that all those bastard teachers were once enthusiastic students who genuinely wanted to work with kids. Maybe they're bitter and meaner now, but they definitely shouldn't let their frustration out on the poor children.

BabyCharmander
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I bet the feeling some teachers aren’t actually enthusiastic about teaching kids but rather just like to be controlling. I once had a principal who had a very controlling husband, so she would vent her frustrations by making the school’s rules so overly-strict they were incredibly hard to follow. My mom bought me clothing for that year (all modest, neat clothing, nothing offensive about it) and the principal made the dress code so strict that I could wear literally none of it to school. Even for students who followed the dress code, she would look for excuses to give us demerits for dress code violations. I was forced to remove my shoes one day because even though they were dress shoes, “they look slightly like tennishoes.”

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Cheesy Panda
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In 4th grade I had a teacher who did not let us do homework in class. At one point we were having free time and some kids decided to do their homework during this time. Long story short those kids got yelled at and their homework thrown in the trash 🙁

Viviane
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't understand forcing someone to do homework at a specific time and place. So what if they want to get homework done quickly? You think many managers and supervisors are going to tell employees "No! You have to take a break NOW!" Actually, I did have a colleague who tried to bully me into taking breaks instead of working. I was so glad when she got her dream job in another branch. And thank goodness she didn't become a teacher.

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sylvantic
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yeah my teachers got mad for doing the homework in class. I got some of the best grades in the class, and i'm not hurting anyone (being quiet).

Phoenix
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I did this often in school, still do in highschool, I don’t like working on HW at home because I could shut do it in school. It makes no sense that when nothings going on you can’t do something productive so that you save time. Most my teachers were ok with it as long as I didn’t bother them as they explained it, but there’s always a few that get mad at you for doing the work they assigned while they explain it.

Daria Z
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A teacher once yelled at me and accused me of insensitivity because I was quietly studying her subject while she was going on and on about her long-past medical condition 😕

Mewton’s Third Paw
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lmao! What an idiot. You should have told her you didn’t care about her weird old body.

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GaeFrog
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My teacher did this a lot- minus the throwing the homework away

Beata Forysiak
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was around 10 we had to describe our favourite playing spot. Got the worst grade after I described my room with note 'we will be describing our rooms another time. I am the only child, always played alone in my room. Oh and we never wrote the other paper anyways.

Bunny101
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i had a similar experience. we were doing a work sheet together in class and i went ahead to do some on my own. when the teacher saw my paper she crumpled it up and threw it in the trash.

Nubis Knight
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Depends.. if you should Listen to the explsnstion to know how to solve the homework it can be contraproductive if you slready start at doing the homework. But it's unfair to throw the work in the trash. Also I'm not using homework at all with my students. Only thing they have to do at home is learning for Tests.

PrincessTheSiameseKat
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was In first grade and a teacher grabbed my paper and threw t away because me, the first grader has bad handwriting

Bole Perishon
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bad reaction from the teacher, but, also, homework has its purpose, to make you repeat what had been taught in class and have you memorize it. Doing it WHILE it's being taught defeats the purpose.

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Lol that’s so pathetic and sad. That teacher must have zero sex life.

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ScarlettofHydraIsland
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s horrid. But if they trigger your gag reflex, take revenge and throw up on her.

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Busy_D
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is no right way to do art. And this teacher did nothing but stunt creativity and shame kids.

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Lexi Mitchell
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“Get the Cotton out of your ears” is a really old saying, I’d actually bet the teacher didn’t know or remember this kid had hearing aids.

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Hotrobot
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel this post so much. I was diagnosed then it was ignored, my mother years later still denied me ever being diagnosed.

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Amanita muscaria
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's just dumb! You are a amazing artist if you are careful and you draw neatly! Teachers should be proud if their students are so neat and draw like that!

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Piper McLean
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just because someone seems lazy doesn’t mean that there isn’t something else going on. It’s hard not to think somethings like this but that’s still no reason to publicly shame someone

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Busy_D
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is a gross and accurate description of the public school system.(In America)

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Busy_D
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This need to be banned, teacher can't tell us when are bladders need to go.

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angie but who cares
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

why tf do teachers have such a problem with mental math it is an important skill to develop

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Xylle Flora
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In kindergarten everyone who sat next to me tried to copy my answers. Always (unless it was my friends)

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Busy_D
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was always yelled at for this too, i would accidentally read ahead and when they called on me to read and i asked"What paragraph" i got yelled at.

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Busy_D
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was put out of the class to learn my lesson. "You will sit out here where you can't learn, so you learn"

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Piper McLean
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m left handed and would be horrified if someone did this to me. It’s dumb how people will shame others based off of what hand they write with

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Busy_D
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Shaming a student = being a good teacher Yea that makes sense(saracasm)

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I no longer can comment on these posts... i just don't get these maniacs anymore. I've lost faith in public education.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The number of girls in an all girls secondary school who weren’t allowed to use the toilet in class, even when saying to the male teachers they were on their period and had to go. It’s embarrassing enough being a teenager and conscious of having a period in the first couple of times, but made 100x worse when you can’t go to the toilet and change! I had to go home once cos it went through my clothes :( one of the most embarrassing moments of my life

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I ust don't understand how these people are allowed to educate children.

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Brian in BC
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Obviously those parents failed to instill a sense of self-confidence in their child, teacher furthered that inadequacy by the insensitive handling.

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Brian in BC
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a poor handwriter myself, I can empathize. Although I seldom had to rewrite - that could have been hard to handle.

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