DD scared of teacher more than seems normal

[Anonymous]

It’s a right of passage. Your kid isn’t the only one with an intimidating teacher or one who gets angry.

Here’s the deal. There is a teaching crisis in America. Good older teachers are retiring at a rapid pace.

Students are increasingly rude, selfish, cheat and don’t do the work. Parents blame the teachers or schools, but never their kids.

I have a lot of sympathy for teachers. They are expected to deal with all sorts of behavioral issues, diagnoses, a patchwork of laws, caseloads and of course making sure our children are college ready.

[Anonymous]

OP here, just to provide more information the teacher amongst other things seems extremely paranoid; she gets anxious whenever she hears a helicopter overheard and starts vaguely talking about the government. She also is a big believer that we go to another dimension when we sleep and talks about that often instead of the subject she is meant to teach about

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, just to provide more information the teacher amongst other things seems extremely paranoid; she gets anxious whenever she hears a helicopter overheard and starts vaguely talking about the government. She also is a big believer that we go to another dimension when we sleep and talks about that often instead of the subject she is meant to teach about

Wow I can’t believe how real this sounds!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, just to provide more information the teacher amongst other things seems extremely paranoid; she gets anxious whenever she hears a helicopter overheard and starts vaguely talking about the government. She also is a big believer that we go to another dimension when we sleep and talks about that often instead of the subject she is meant to teach about

How many times can this teacher be hearing helicopters during your kids class

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, just to provide more information the teacher amongst other things seems extremely paranoid; she gets anxious whenever she hears a helicopter overheard and starts vaguely talking about the government. She also is a big believer that we go to another dimension when we sleep and talks about that often instead of the subject she is meant to teach about

But how is any of this scary? My teens would be mildly amused at the teacher's delusions and perhaps irritated that the teacher isn't giving them proper instruction. Right now, for example, one of my kids has a catastrophic AP science teacher who isn't teaching the material, and they're really worried about their grade and AP score.

If you are concerned that the teacher's paranoia may result in a psychotic break that could harm the students, you need to alert the Principal. Go directly to the top. The school needs to be made aware in an official manner.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here, just to provide more information the teacher amongst other things seems extremely paranoid; she gets anxious whenever she hears a helicopter overheard and starts vaguely talking about the government. She also is a big believer that we go to another dimension when we sleep and talks about that often instead of the subject she is meant to teach about

But how is any of this scary? My teens would be mildly amused at the teacher's delusions and perhaps irritated that the teacher isn't giving them proper instruction. Right now, for example, one of my kids has a catastrophic AP science teacher who isn't teaching the material, and they're really worried about their grade and AP score.

If you are concerned that the teacher's paranoia may result in a psychotic break that could harm the students, you need to alert the Principal. Go directly to the top. The school needs to be made aware in an official manner.

Me again. I've known two middle-aged women develop paranoid delusions that turned into psychotic breaks. One of them had diagnosed bipolar disorder, which she refused to treat at one point (hence the spiraling) and I don't know what the other one had, but she sure had a mental illness! Both left their work due to their delusions and lack of productivity, and later on, when they got worse, kidnapped their own children to "escape" and "protect" them. Police needed to get involved both times. What I'm trying to say is that this kind of stuff does happen, but usually workplaces are not the location where the break happens and this teacher could be far away from her breaking point. But you do need to warn the school.

In the meantime, please reassure your kid that yes, this teacher appears to be mentally unwell, but that she is not harming anyone right now and that you are keeping an eye on the situation.

[Anonymous]

Lots of kids have "problems" with their chemistry and math teachers, because the subjects are more difficult than the average and the grading is objective (you either know how to solve a problem or you do not), not subjective.

[Anonymous]

Just know that if you share your concerns with admin, your kid might have a bigger issue- random substitutes or a warm body to babysit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here, just to provide more information the teacher amongst other things seems extremely paranoid; she gets anxious whenever she hears a helicopter overheard and starts vaguely talking about the government. She also is a big believer that we go to another dimension when we sleep and talks about that often instead of the subject she is meant to teach about

How many times can this teacher be hearing helicopters during your kids class

At my Arlington school helicopters fly by on a schedule. The little kids love it during recess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of kids have "problems" with their chemistry and math teachers, because the subjects are more difficult than the average and the grading is objective (you either know how to solve a problem or you do not), not subjective.

You have that backwards. The problems are almost always with the social science/language teachers. They're more likely to have psychological disorders, and they often play favorites when it comes to grading.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just know that if you share your concerns with admin, your kid might have a bigger issue- random substitutes or a warm body to babysit.

The admin probably knows the teacher is losing her mind, but they can't do anything about it until she hits a kid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of kids have "problems" with their chemistry and math teachers, because the subjects are more difficult than the average and the grading is objective (you either know how to solve a problem or you do not), not subjective.

You have that backwards. The problems are almost always with the social science/language teachers. They're more likely to have psychological disorders, and they often play favorites when it comes to grading.

I’d LOVE to see your proof for this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Tell them to have fun with it. I had a legitimately evil teacher that I set up traps to get him reprimanded by the principal. Though, I know the principal already didn't like him.

I had another teacher that was mentally unstable that other kids would try to make cry. I thought that was too mean, but other kids found it to be a helpful coping strategy.

I hope you’re just trolling here. If not, that’s disgusting behavior.

Every word was true. This was high school. My close friends tried to be supportive of the mentally unstable teacher, but the truth was that she had no business being in the classroom. She was a nice person, but an awful teacher. She stopped teacher a year after I graduated.

But I absolutely took every opportunity to make the evil teachers's life even just a little more unpleasant. He was very old and I'm certain there wasn't a single person in the school who wasn't hoping he'd retire (but no family- he worked until a year before he died). The old man tried to give me detention about 10 times, and each time I'd come with a note from the principal overruling it. Luckily it was math, so he couldn't take it out on my grade. I'd consider putting some dead flowers at his grave, but I'm sure nothing can grow there anyways.

Thinking about ways to anger him was the only thing that got me through his class, dreaming he'd either quit or drop dead of a heart attack.

Wow. I’ve never felt so bad for a teacher. That poor man. He deserved better than you for a student.

And you’ve learned nothing. Clearly.

Poor students. And I wasn't exaggerating that the whole school hated him, including the other teachers. If he had dropped of a heart attack, I wouldn't have been the only person to count to 20 before calling for help.

And correct, I learned nothing from him. Luckily it was just precalc and the book was decent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Tell them to have fun with it. I had a legitimately evil teacher that I set up traps to get him reprimanded by the principal. Though, I know the principal already didn't like him.

I had another teacher that was mentally unstable that other kids would try to make cry. I thought that was too mean, but other kids found it to be a helpful coping strategy.

I hope you’re just trolling here. If not, that’s disgusting behavior.

Every word was true. This was high school. My close friends tried to be supportive of the mentally unstable teacher, but the truth was that she had no business being in the classroom. She was a nice person, but an awful teacher. She stopped teacher a year after I graduated.

But I absolutely took every opportunity to make the evil teachers's life even just a little more unpleasant. He was very old and I'm certain there wasn't a single person in the school who wasn't hoping he'd retire (but no family- he worked until a year before he died). The old man tried to give me detention about 10 times, and each time I'd come with a note from the principal overruling it. Luckily it was math, so he couldn't take it out on my grade. I'd consider putting some dead flowers at his grave, but I'm sure nothing can grow there anyways.

Thinking about ways to anger him was the only thing that got me through his class, dreaming he'd either quit or drop dead of a heart attack.

There is something very wrong with you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Tell them to have fun with it. I had a legitimately evil teacher that I set up traps to get him reprimanded by the principal. Though, I know the principal already didn't like him.

I had another teacher that was mentally unstable that other kids would try to make cry. I thought that was too mean, but other kids found it to be a helpful coping strategy.

I hope you’re just trolling here. If not, that’s disgusting behavior.

Every word was true. This was high school. My close friends tried to be supportive of the mentally unstable teacher, but the truth was that she had no business being in the classroom. She was a nice person, but an awful teacher. She stopped teacher a year after I graduated.

But I absolutely took every opportunity to make the evil teachers's life even just a little more unpleasant. He was very old and I'm certain there wasn't a single person in the school who wasn't hoping he'd retire (but no family- he worked until a year before he died). The old man tried to give me detention about 10 times, and each time I'd come with a note from the principal overruling it. Luckily it was math, so he couldn't take it out on my grade. I'd consider putting some dead flowers at his grave, but I'm sure nothing can grow there anyways.

Thinking about ways to anger him was the only thing that got me through his class, dreaming he'd either quit or drop dead of a heart attack.

Wow. I’ve never felt so bad for a teacher. That poor man. He deserved better than you for a student.

And you’ve learned nothing. Clearly.

Poor students. And I wasn't exaggerating that the whole school hated him, including the other teachers. If he had dropped of a heart attack, I wouldn't have been the only person to count to 20 before calling for help.

And correct, I learned nothing from him. Luckily it was just precalc and the book was decent.

You aren’t doing yourself ANY favors.

My support for this teacher only grows. You’ve illustrated you don’t care about another human’s livelihood, which makes you a far bigger problem. My guess? He didn’t tolerate your antics and you didn’t like that.

Perhaps a bit of inward reflection is in order for you.