The Essay the Teacher Didn't Get

Middle School teachers are so very sinister, they rip your legs out from under you, and then claim that they are preparing you for the future. They love to watch their young students squirm in pain as their grades fall lower than ever before. Teachers just love to tell us that we're wrong and point out our faults every chance they get.

Students despise these kinds of teachers. The hatred towards them has grown from a young age. Students need positive reinforcement along with some kind criticism. Teachers now scold a student when they are wrong, even though the assignment is far to difficult for the students level of education. Take my middle school English teacher, we'll call her Mrs. Z, she assigned a 4 page essay to be written in one class period. On top of that the topic was given to us at the beginning of the period. She told us that "this will prepare you all for college"...in my head I responded "We're not even in high school yet!!!". She also said that we had plenty of time to get the task done, which was 55 minutes. Well, the end of class came and she took up the papers even to the dismay of the students, who at the time were not done. Then she shewed us out the door.

The following week when we were all in our desks, she moved her rather bulbous ass to the front of the room and said "I am very disappointed in all of you". The room became silent as she passed out the graded essays. Then sighs and angry moans filled the room, as we all saw our rather low grades, most of them F's. She hushed us and stated that "If you keep this kind of work up, you'll never survive in college". All of us were infuriated with her, because most of our final grades were a letter grade lower than they were before the essay.

This method of teaching will only bring the teacher headaches, from bickering mothers and whining students. It also brings students a fear of higher education, because of the scaring done by teachers. A teacher that can treat us like people rather than lower life forms can be a great teacher. Any teacher mirroring Mrs. Z's teaching techniques deserves to be taken out, never to return to the teaching pool again.