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What was one thing your teacher did that you still can't forgive them for? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by concrete_baby@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 16 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Primary school 4th year (as it was called then). Teacher had some items/words and asked what they had in common (can't remember the exact phrasing), anyway it was things like triangle, tricycle, triceratops. I usually kept quiet even if I knew the answer, but this time nobody spoke up and I was feeling unusually confident. "Tri", I said. The teacher wrote "try" on the board and basically humiliated me. "Anyone else?" I think there was one other answer, and then somebody else said "tri" (or maybe they were clearer and said "they all start with tri"). Anyway, they got congratulated and my protests that that was what I said went completely unheard.

I mean, if you know the answer is "tri", why would you hear and write "try". This incident probably knocked my confidence and made me even more shy of sticking my hand up than I already was.

[–] raptir@lemdro.id 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Dude WTF.

[–] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've played this back in my head repeatedly, and I still have no idea.

[–] starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

for things like this I just assume the person's brain just exploded for a second. I could definitely see myself doing this with 2 hours of sleep, and feeling 100% sure you said try is also something a sleep-deprived person would do. Still sucks when it teaches you not to speak up though