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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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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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