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Have you ever lost it with a Teacher?

  • 25-05-2015 10:46pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,959 ✭✭✭


    So I'm sure some of you know that a good scalp of my AH activity is school related, mainly because I'm in School and you always get good stories from here but I digress.

    So as the title suggests, have you ever squared up to a Teacher and nearly gotten physical or what's the angriest you've ever been with one (E.G. Screamfest) and the back story behind it. I'm not sure at the moment myself but I'll remember something.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭Mint Aero


    So I'm sure some of you know that a good scalp of my AH activity is school related

    Who are you?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    The angriest was probably that time when I audibly sighed in the presence of my business studies teacher. Couldn't help it... I saw red and sighed. Totally out of control. I'm 99% sure that he heard me.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,959 ✭✭✭diusmr8a504cvk


    Notice how I said some, a few school related posts on AH by myself had a good few posts on them and I was explaining myself, chill bro.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Dirty Dingus McGee


    I once got the principal in a headlock.

    We were on a school tour in Germany and playing a game of soccer and for some unknown reason ( I think i was a bit hyper) it ended up with me getting him in a headlock.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,959 ✭✭✭diusmr8a504cvk


    I once got the principal in a headlock.

    We were on a school tour in Germany and playing a game of soccer and for some unknown reason ( I think i was a bit hyper) it ended up with me getting him in a headlock.

    Was this a headlock for the Craic or a headlock with the intention of fighting? Funny stuff all the same :)


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  • Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    I'm a teacher and I frequently frustrate myself, if that counts.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,450 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    So I'm sure some of you know that a good scalp of my AH activity is school related, mainly because I'm in School and you always get good stories from here but I digress.

    So as the title suggests, have you ever squared up to a Teacher and nearly gotten physical or what's the angriest you've ever been with one (E.G. Screamfest) and the back story behind it. I'm not sure at the moment myself but I'll remember something.

    285 posts in two years.What makes you think anybody knows you?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,182 ✭✭✭RonanP77


    So I'm sure some of you know that a good scalp of my AH activity is school related.


    It may surprise you to learn that I was not actually aware of this.

    I'm old (37) so school was a long time ago. If I had squared up to a teacher two things would've happened,

    1 - they would've laughed. I was 4' 6" starting secondary school and about 5' 3" leaving it.

    2 - unless I was 100% in the right (and maybe even then) my father would've kicked my ass.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,117 ✭✭✭shanered


    Remember in school, i skipped transition year into fifth year and everyone alway told me the year head teacher was a weapon, anyways i was made stand out of maths class for being a nuisense, anyway thos teacher who i had never met spotted me standing outside the class room and decided to come over and have a go. I was standing against the wall and she came right up, you know the feeling when somebody is proper pinning you there, anyways she straight away launches into a bout of screaming in my face. I kinda just lost it, but did myself justice and made a complete twat out of her. I decided to scream back at her, and only as loud as she was screaming at me "Hold on a second , have you got a problem? There is no need to scream?" I was being as agressive as she was being which was quite, then switched to a calm cool voice " we could just be normal human beings and just speak in a normal manner, but im game if thats the way you want to talk".
    She was taken aback by my screaming and said " im going to pretend that didnt happen" to which i replyed "why?"
    Anyway she was stumped. She always made an effort to be courteous to me from then on.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,450 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    An File wrote: »
    I'm a teacher and I frequently frustrate myself, if that counts.


    Don't worry.Holidays soon.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭Mint Aero


    Notice how I said some,
    Name one poster that knows you here. :P


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭Sheep Lover


    kneemos wrote: »
    Don't worry.Holidays soon.

    They are teachers, it's always holidays soon...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,847 ✭✭✭Armchair Andy


    I once mooned my school principal out the side window of a truck I had gotten a lift from while thumbing back in the 90s.

    She was walking along the footpath and I made sure she never saw my face by continuing to show my arse for a while past. She didn't recognize my arse either :-)


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,675 ✭✭✭thunderdog


    By "it" do you mean virginity?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,070 ✭✭✭✭pq0n1ct4ve8zf5


    Yeah, yous are all really showing this teenager a thing or two, going out of your way posting in a thread to tell him you've never heard of him :rolleyes:

    I roared at a teacher for waking me up once, never did like being woken up. Probably shouldn't have been sleeping in class though.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Dirty Dingus McGee


    Was this a headlock for the Craic or a headlock with the intention of fighting? Funny stuff all the same :)

    More craic than anything but I still can't work out know how things got that far.He was fairly sound about it in fairness


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,450 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Yeah, yous are all really showing this teenager a thing or two, going out of your way posting in a thread to tell him you've never heard of him :rolleyes:


    Don't patronise the kid.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭Mint Aero


    Yeah, yous are all really showing this teenager a thing or two, going out of your way posting in a thread to tell him you've never heard of him :rolleyes:

    I roared at a teacher for waking me up once, never did like being woken up. Probably shouldn't have been sleeping in class though.

    Well aren't you great :rolleyes:


  • Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    RayM wrote: »
    The angriest was probably that time when I audibly sighed in the presence of my business studies teacher. Couldn't help it... I saw red and sighed. Totally out of control. I'm 99% sure that he heard me.

    I rolled my eyes at something a teacher said once.

    He nearly saw me though, so it was a high-risk thing. It wasn't the first time I'd done it, but then again I'm something of an adrenaline junkie.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    I was wile good when I was schoolwain, mostly.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    thunderdog wrote: »
    By "it" do you mean virginity?

    Only for Christian Brothers pupils.

    I was more into sly cheeky comments and was in trouble quite a bit for it

    One kid in our school got a teacher in a headlock and threatened him with a chisel though. Think the teacher retired or switched schools after it.


  • Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    anncoates wrote: »
    Only for Christian Brothers pupils.

    I was more into sly cheeky comments and was in trouble quite a bit for it

    One kid in our school got a teacher in a headlock and threatened him with a chisel though. Think the teacher retired or switched schools after it.

    Holy crap!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭DareGod


    I was too quiet, in secondary school. I generally felt sorry for the terrible teachers more than feeling anger towards them.

    My applied maths teacher once asked me what answer I got for a certain homework question and I was so disinterested that I just said "I honestly didn't do the homework."

    So, no, but hats off to anyone who doesn't take the **** that crappy school teachers put us all through.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,959 ✭✭✭diusmr8a504cvk


    DareGod wrote: »
    I was too quiet, in secondary school. I generally felt sorry for the terrible teachers more than feeling anger towards them.

    My applied maths teacher once asked me what answer I got for a certain homework question and I was so disinterested that I just said "I honestly didn't do the homework."

    So, no, but hats off to anyone who doesn't take the **** that crappy school teachers put us all through.

    I do feel sorry for bad teachers that can't control a class and just aren't great teachers. I'll chime in with a joke or two but I don't wreck them.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    DareGod wrote: »
    So, no, but hats off to anyone who doesn't take the **** that crappy school teachers put us all through.

    To be fair, it goes both ways


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 578 ✭✭✭the_barfly1


    I quoted sections of the constitution regarding freedom of movement to my principal after being barred from visiting "out of bounds" sections of the school. Didn't go all that well.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,959 ✭✭✭diusmr8a504cvk


    I spoke to a Teacher outside of class talking about the problems that I among the other students had with her. She denied everything and tried to turn it back on me, I clenched my fists and stormed out the room infuriated at how unreasonable she was. Probably not my biggest moment to be fair.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 474 ✭✭Umekichi


    I was in TY when I flipped out at a teacher, a girl I knew growing up had died during the summer(in a car accident) and our school was having a memorial service for her. Most of the class knew her and none of us were in the mood to work, too upset(understandably so) and so most of the teachers let us do our own thing during the day. This teacher didn't.

    She was asking the class questions and no one was really responding and she asked me a question. I responded, with the answer but she didn't like the tone of my voice(I wasn't getting smart but I had been upset over what happened with the girl etc. so maybe my voice didn't sound normal or something). So she started to freak out at the class for not working etc. One of my class mates tried to explain why we were the way we were but she wasn't having any of it.

    I tried to keep calm, but she started banging the table and going ape and I just lost it. Freaked out at her and ended up banging the table louder than she. The teacher stopped banging, went quiet and left us to our own devices. There were threats of "I'll be speaking to your coordinators" etc. but we explained what was up to them a few days later(they thought we were just being assholes so we filled them in) and they were cool with it.


  • Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭Pa994


    Was fighting with a lad in class once, business teacher jumped between us and the lad pinned him to the wall with a chair

    Was outside school one morning before it was open, freezing during winter with said lad and broke into school, got caught by that teacher results weren't suurprising haha

    Got removed from French for answering a French exam in Irish, French teacher snapped but couldn't believe how good my translation was hahaha


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭DareGod


    anncoates wrote: »
    To be fair, it goes both ways

    Of course. But I feel that the support tends to be there for the teachers rather than the students. I had so many terrible teachers over the years, and there was nothing we could do about it. But if a teacher has a disruptive student, they can have them punished. It's not fair at all. In fact it's quite terrible.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,959 ✭✭✭diusmr8a504cvk


    Was in a terrible moon from stress and tiredness. Irish teacher said my homework wasn't good enough and said she was writing a comment in my journal, I replied "**** Sake" she then said she was writing that down as well. I then went on a curse rant saying "What a load of bollocks, load of ****, I don't give a ****", which is strange for me as I'm not on to curse in class. She sent me out to the Deputy Principal's office, she never saw me so my Irish teacher made me write an explanation letter just for her.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭Sheep Lover


    I murdered my History teacher and his subsequent replacment. Both of them disputed my claims to the throne of South Carlow. Then I maimed a Maths teacher after a disagreement over who invented the number 4.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 354 ✭✭agent graves


    I had just started back in 5th year and me and a few lads were being loud in the corridor. This random women tells us to be quiet and stand against the wall... so I was like.. who the fcuk are you?? Well turns out she was the new principal.. she had it in for me from then in..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,256 ✭✭✭metaoblivia


    When I was 12 our English teacher had us take a pop quiz. We weren't allowed to talk, but when we were finished, we were supposed to raise our hand so she could come over to check. Once she checked our paper, we were allowed to read a book quietly. So I took the quiz, finished and raised my hand. The teacher just sat at her desk. A few other kids raised their hands and she got up, graded their papers and then went back to her desk without grading mine. This happened three more times before I finally got so frustrated, my hand fell on my desk with a big thud and I said, "Goddamnit!" really loudly. Every head in the class turned and looked at me and the teacher came rushing over to grade my paper. Nothing was ever said about it - I didn't get written up, she never told my parents, I never even got a talking to from her.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,959 ✭✭✭diusmr8a504cvk


    That's weird, I want to say she didn't like you but the fact that she ran over an corrected it and told nobody makes me think otherwise.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,070 ✭✭✭✭pq0n1ct4ve8zf5


    DareGod wrote: »
    Of course. But I feel that the support tends to be there for the teachers rather than the students. I had so many terrible teachers over the years, and there was nothing we could do about it. But if a teacher has a disruptive student, they can have them punished. It's not fair at all. In fact it's quite terrible.

    I had a religion teacher one time who used to use me as the designated go-and-get-the-year-head student because I didn't take religion.

    There was one time where I had to make three separate trips. First time, someone was "disrespecting" her (student who'd lived in India calling her up on things she was getting wrong about Hinduism). I got back and apparently she'd "resolved the situation", so I was sent back across the school to tell the year head she didn't need to come down. Got back and the situation had been unresolved somehow, had to go back and get the year head AGAIN. The year head in fairness to her at that point said "just tell her I'll talk to her about it later".

    Also had a teacher who ended up accusing one of her classes of stealing exactly half a box of latex gloves because she didn't know the difference between "150 gloves" and "150 pairs"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,256 ✭✭✭metaoblivia


    That's weird, I want to say she didn't like you but the fact that she ran over an corrected it and told nobody makes me think otherwise.

    I actually think she didn't like me and was purposefully ignoring me. But I was also a very quiet student who never got in trouble, made decent grades, and all of my other teachers liked me well enough. It was such an out of character outburst that I think she knew she'd have trouble explaining it and just let it go.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,045 ✭✭✭✭gramar


    I do feel sorry for bad teachers that can't control a class and just aren't great teachers. I'll chime in with a joke or two but I don't wreck them.
    Was in a terrible moon from stress and tiredness. Irish teacher said my homework wasn't good enough and said she was writing a comment in my journal, I replied "**** Sake" she then said she was writing that down as well. I then went on a curse rant saying "What a load of bollocks, load of ****, I don't give a ****", which is strange for me as I'm not on to curse in class. She sent me out to the Deputy Principal's office, she never saw me so my Irish teacher made me write an explanation letter just for her.


    Your second post seems at odds with your first.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭Matt_Trakker


    Back in the day I was pulled out of a class by 3 PE teachers.
    One of them, who didn't become a manager of the Wexford football team later was there along with the biggest, thickest, a$$hole of a teacher I've ever come into contact with. Pure aggressive bully of a man.
    3rd PE teacher was sound.

    Anyway, I was called out coz I'd been missing/mitching PE classes. I'd been going into school to be there for 10.40 instead of 9am coz I wasn't arsed with PE.
    A$$hole PE teacher got mad aggressive with me when I explained to him I didn't want to do PE anymore and I'd rather be doing something else useful instead coz I wanted to do well in my Leaving cert and get a decent course.
    Pr!ck lost the plot grabbed my up by the ear, nearly lifting me off the floor and gave me a thump in the stomach.

    I lost my temper then and started roaring at him. The teacher in the class came out to see what the f!ck was going on. So, he's standing there asking for an explanation regarding the racket while all the lads in the classroom are, as usual, shouting & roaring and carrying on. Anyway, while aggressive PE dude is trying to explain what's going on I walk into the class, pick up a chair and fire it at the aggressive guy. Hits him right in the chest.
    I'll never forget the look on their faces. Whole classroom fell silent.
    Wish I'd said something all Bruce Willis-like yippee ki yay mudda****ah, but I didn't.

    Hauled up in front of principal, said they'd call the cops & parents. I said fine.
    Cops and parent came. I kept quiet until parents came.
    When they got there, it was all of us. Aggressive guy, the other 2 PE teachers, the one that came out of the classroom, 2 cops, my auld pair, principal & career guidance chap.

    Aggressive dude goes into a big speal about his version, not mentioning he'd grabbed me up by the ear or punched me.
    I just waited till he was done and said something like, you know full well that you nearly pulled the ear off me and then you punched me. You caused such a racket that Mr. XYZ had to come out of the classroom and I felt so threatened that I used what force I could to make sure you wouldn't assault me further. And you 2 clowns (to the other PE teachers) saw the whole ****in lot so don't you ever dare side with this effing bully. You can lie in front of everyone here but it'll be on your conscience that you sided with a middle-aged bully over a teenager.
    My Dad went nuts, I've never seen him so angry.

    The last 6 months in that school were the most uneventful of my school days :)
    Kinda wish I'd hit the c!nt when I was in 1st year.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,052 ✭✭✭Un Croissant


    Screamfest. Totes..


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,959 ✭✭✭diusmr8a504cvk


    gramar wrote: »
    Your second post seems at odds with your first.

    What I meant by not wrecking them is that I wouldn't constantly distract the class acting the eejit, always making jokes etc. That was out of character for me when I went ape, I'm argumentative when I think that I might be being wronged.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,669 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    Nope, I got a few thumps over the years but I was afraid to hit back, would have been a bit one sided anyway, a teenager against a grown man.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,946 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    Nope, I'm much too timid for that.

    I do remember a girl losing the rag completely in 6th class. It was so unusual to see any real verbals between teachers and students in an all girls school. I can't remember what it was about now but I remember the student pushing back her chair aggressively, shouting at the teacher and storming out!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    gramar wrote: »
    Your second post seems at odds with your first.

    Not really, she did something bitchy to him and he got mad. Hardly wrecking her, think he meant he didn't take advantage of some teachers inability to control a class like others did


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,959 ✭✭✭diusmr8a504cvk


    wakka12 wrote: »
    Not really, she did something bitchy to him and he got mad. Hardly wrecking her, think he meant he didn't take advantage of some teachers inability to control a class like others did

    Exactly.


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