Do you think this is appropriate for school, 9th grade to be exact?:
In English class we are reading the book "Hiroshima" by John Hersey, and learning about the atomic bomb etc. (in English class!??). Out of nowhere she assigns us a paper: Your first date and going steady. We were supposed to write about our first date: Who asked who out, what did you do during the date, who broke up with who, and what we thought it meant to "go steady". Not only that, but we had to READ IT OUT LOUD IN FRONT OF THE CLASS-OF WHICH THERE ARE 6 GIRLS AND 12 BOYS. YEAH RIGHT!! Right away when she said that, me and three other girls said we refused to read it out loud because it is none of her $&@& (or the class's) business. She told us "Well, that's your problem. If you don't read it, you get an F." Of course some boys made fun of us- but I ignored it.
We (the girls) were outraged at the assignment in general, and the fact that you get an F if you don't read it out loud. So....we went to the principal's office. The principal wasn't in, so we talked to her secretary. We told her the whole ordeal and she herself said that the assignment was inappropriate for school and had nothing to do with Hiroshima. She gave us a pass back to class and told us she'd call up to the English room and tell the teacher we were excused from reading the "assignment". When we got back the teacher was in a foul mood, and said OUT LOUD to the class "Oh, look who just got back from tattling about the assignment to the principal."
Some of the boys read their stories out loud-all of which were fake. One boy wrote in his story "She was wearing a pink see-through bikini." When he got done reading his story, she made him go back to that part and go into great detail about the bikini i.e what did she look like in it, what was it made out of, etc. That just sickened all of us. She has treated me and the other girls like "junk" ever since.
What do you make out of this ordeal? Am I over reacting, or would you have done this too? This has been bugging me for a couple of days now. Thanks for any replies!!
P.S. She is a widow, and is in her late 50's/60's, and smells up the room, and is EXTREMELY senile. She is the worst teacher I have ever had. She teaches us nothing, and gets WAY off track. Retirment is scribbled all over her forehead. (Please-no offense, but it is all 100% true!No joke! Ask my mom!). Usually, I would NEVER NEVER say anything like this about a teacher...I have high respect for teachers.
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