I was Traumatized at 10!
By Toni
@toniganzon (74230)
Philippines
March 9, 2026 1:02am CST
I hated math! And I was traumatized at 10 by my math teacher who enjoyed embarrassing me in class, telling me that I wasn't as good as my sister!
Not that I wasn't studying enough but I did. And I knew how to solve the problem. The moment he would raise his voice though and call my name, I would freeze and block out.
When I reached high school though, I had this very pretty teacher in Advance Algebra who was very sweet. Everything she taught in class, I absorbed them like a sponge and I would ace every single test. My grade was even higher than my sister. I wanted to go back to my grade school teacher at that time and bragged about how well I did. But I didn't.
Therefore, I conclude...that when a child is not doing well in school, sometimes it's not because they're stupid but a teacher's fault. What do you think?
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5 responses
@toniganzon (74230)
• Philippines
9h
Not all teachers are great or have that skill to educate actually
Sometimes the school would hire teachers only on their intellectual ability but failed to see their ability to impart knowledge and care for their students.
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@LadyDuck (494978)
• Italy
8h
@toniganzon - I am sure that our school hired that teacher because she was French, but she had not the ability to teach.
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@toniganzon (74230)
• Philippines
8h
@LadyDuck I believe you. When I was teaching in a review center for graduate students, I made sure that I was really able to teach and let them understand what I was teaching. It was always my concern. If none of them understand me, there must be something wrong with my teaching skill.
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@DaddyEvil (169601)
• United States
7h
I would agree and I'm sorry that happened to you. That person should never have been a teacher.
@JudyEv (373701)
• Rockingham, Australia
7h
I agree. We had one teacher who delighted in belittling us if we didn't understand something. Very few of us did well in that class.
@LindaOHio (215860)
• United States
6h
That was terrible for your math teacher to do that to you. I'm glad your high school experiences were better.







