IMPORTANT NOTE: Though many of these problems may not apply to all teachers, they do apply to many of them I know. This message will be shown in every article to symbolize that this is not a generalization or prejudice judgement.


Referalls Are Out


When will teachers realize that no matter how many times they may move us or isolate us, we will still yell across the room. No treats can and will make us learn. A student remains quiet for a teacher when the teacher is respected. Respect is an aspect to be earned and not attained with their empty threats. May this message get out to all students abused by the governing of their schools. For this is no democracy that we live in, it is a tyranny with teachers forever controlling our futures. Whether smart or dumb we all should appeal as equals and not forces to kiss ass in order to attain a grade we truly deserve. They can ignore our voices but it is there and always will be. We shall not fall, we will protest against this wrong. This however does not apply to all teachers. A special thanks is held for Mr. Lloyd. The greatest teacher possibly experienced by myself, one that gives a voice to every student and not only hears him or her but takes his or her thoughts into great consideration. One that is not just another hand puppet for the board of education, not just a voice box to take their words to our ears. One that teaches not for money but because he wants to, and for that I dearly thank him. I write this with tears, for that is how passionate I am about such wrong. May the teachers or any other person that does these wrongs burn in the mists of hell that is their own evil.


I Don't Want To Hear It


Because the MSAs are taking place, the teachers are stressed out much like many of the students. The students' talkative behavior mixed with the teachers' frustration has proved to be a deadly mix. Must the teachers allow their own frustration and personal issues reflect how the treat us? However many teachers are also punished. They must now sit with the students in order to "guard" them. Is this prison or just a place of insanity? "What ever grudge we have is with the administrators,” they say. Some believe we should just obey and hope for a joyful ending. No good can come if all we do is stand idly by for a miracle to happen. Should we stand there and kiss ass to hope for the best? No sunshine shows through the dark atmospheres of this school. Silence wanders the dead. Sitting with foes and people of the last same names, asking to even get up for a spoon or napkin. Still the teachers say, "I don’t want to hear it. I can't answer your questions. If you misbehave you are not punishing the administrators, you are punishing the teachers. Just be good and hope this will turn out ok."

What were his word
They did not hear
What were their words
Swept through his mind
And buried itself in his soul
Slowly decaying over his heart
This was misery.

They expect us to just sit there behaving like angels after 3 hours of utter silence. We sit in chairs until our butts burn but still we can't rise. They feed us sugars making us hyper but still we must keep our mouths shut. Lunch is the only time for communication, without it would the world be a place of deadbeats. What's the point of having a voice if no one's going to hear it? Strength is in numbers. They can't stop us all. I'm not going to stand there and hope for the best. Something must happen. For in the lunch rooms, the voices were silenced, the laughter was ceased and the quote "Silence is Golden" finally became a reality. What do they think of these people eating in the lonely silence that plagues this empty lunch room where no eternal light may shine through?


Friend?


How come inside the school halls the different grades of people must hate each other. 8th graders pick on the 7th and 7th make fun of the 6th. However when out side the class rooms these people may become the best of friends. The same concept applies to teachers. Many students are not friends with their teachers mainly for the reason that they are teachers. It's one thing to dislike someone for their personality but it's quite another to judge someone because of his or her job. Sometimes one forgets that teachers are still people. They chose this occupation and hopefully will discover friendship along the way. We often forget that teachers do have lives outside the class room evnthough it may be a little hard to picture. This may not apply to all students. Some students are friends with thrier teachers. Then again one also needs friends his or her age. Are we so discriminitory as to judge another based on age or occupation? Should we really alow someone's livelihood to limit our social bounderies? Hopefully no.


LWP

Life With a Psychopath

What lies beyond these school doors is a place where respect and equallity hopefully takes place. Unfortunetly this is not always true. In certain class rooms teachers take advantage of their powers to creat an enviorment only to be discribed as dictorial and tyrannical. This does not apply to most teachers I know but one should wish to address such an issue before it gets out of hand.

One particular teacher (we shall can "N") has abused his powers to a point where students has begun a protest. These are just some words spoken by "N" to show this unpleasent event:
"Do we have a cry baby? What is your problem?" (justified by Lexi)
"This is the type of student I want, you all need to start acting like that." (justified by Ranjani)
"If I teach you something, you are expected to know it. You will be quized on it. Don't be surprised if you get a test tommorrow on this." (justified by my class)
"I don't want to hear it. You are expected to know this even if I don't tell you." (justified by my class)
"You do not write on other peoples' papers even if they want you to." (justified by my class)
"Only I have that privilage, you do not have that right." (justified by my class)
"I can change the rules if i want to." (justified by Alex)
"You are sitting there enjoying life, I can make you hate life. (justified by Ranjani)

UPDATE: This has now turned into a minor protest. However there is not much we can do at the moment because most of the protestors prefer devising pathetic pencil drops and annoying the teacher as their way of protesting. All I can do at the momment was to post his name on ratmyteacher.com and hope that people complain. Please help and cast a comment.