Tammi's World

School Days

Once upon a time, long long ago in a small town in Northern Indiana lived a girl. She was a shy girl. She liked classical music. She read anything she could get her hands on. She didn't play house or dolls. She played business woman.

School work was the one thing she REALLY enjoyed. She loved going to school. She had a small group of friends and the teachers always loved her. Plus she just flat out loved to learn.

Until 6th grade. That year everything changed. That was the year she found out about "mean people".

The school she was attending had an "experimental" class. It was the beginning of what is now known as the "gifted" program. She was one of those selected to be in that class. The teacher's name was Mrs. Murphy. Fairly young and inexperienced this was a great opportunity for Mrs. Murphy to make a difference. And she sure did make the most of the opportunity.

Beginning with the first day, she targeted our young heroine (for want of a better word). Picking apart everything she did, in front of the class. Assigning extra homework. Making her stay late.

The number of trips that young girl had to make to the principal's office was astronomical. Uncalled for, if I may be so bold.

Finally the end of the school year arrived. The students were taking a field trip to the middle school. It was a tradition. It allowed the 6th graders to see what they would be dealing with next year. Learn a bit about the lay out of the school and build a little excitment.

On the bus ride over Mrs. Murphy chose to sit with our young girl. She leaned very close and whispered in her ear.

"You will never make it here. You are too stupid to be in middle school. You'll never make any friends. You're just a freak".

You can almost imagine the feelings that coursed through that young girl's mind. And to hear that from a teacher?!?!?!

Well, she told her Mama about it and Mama raised a stink. Mrs. Murphy was called on the carpet, but forgiven by the school.

The next year the little girl went to middle school and did very well. But she had a plan. Her plan was to make Mrs. Murphy eat her words.

So she waited patiently for the end of the school year - when she knew the 6th graders were coming for their annual visit. Finally the day arrived. She was coming from PE and ran up into the middle of a large crowd of students. Older students. Freshmen older students. As they passed before the doors where the 6th graders and the teachers were standing, all that was evident was the young girl was the center of attention in a crowd of older students. It LOOKED like she was all that and a bag of chips - socially anyway.

Of course - they were all asking her what the hell she was doing. But she didn't care - she just care about how it looked to those watching. She wanted it to APPEAR that she was popular. That she fit in.

Mrs. Murphy left teaching that summer. Seems she had "issues" with another student. I guess 2 was the magic number to get her ass canned.

But the damage she did......yeah, it lingered for a long time. What kind of teacher treats a student like that? What kind of adult does that to a child?

Bitch. I sure do hope karma came back and bit her in the ass. A few times.

(story inspired by Ms. Shoe's post here and GA Mongrel's post here.

Posted by Tammi at November 15, 2006 04:58 AM | TrackBack