Today, my AP government teacher moved our seats and of course, I was seated next to my ex who has harassed me ever since our breakup. When I asked the teacher after class if I could please have a seat change, she told me I would have to write a 3-page essay on why I made the request. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, a girl in my class threw a temper tantrum. Why? Because she wanted my seat. We're in high school. FML
Today, I found out that my classmates hate me so much that they have a seating arrangement where people have to sit next to me on a rotating basis. A fight broke out yesterday because someone tried to skip their turn. FML
Today, while on the bus, I found out the seat I'd taken was the preferred spot of a very hostile and extremely overweight freshman. Instead of letting me find different place to sit, she half sat on me, and completely ignored my attempts to dislodge myself all the way to school. FML
Today, I asked my teacher if he could tutor me for my upcoming exam. He said he'd look into it and let me know later. I later got called to the principal's office because my teacher claimed I'd propositioned him for sex. FML
Today, at my art school, during the class my teacher left the classroom. I stood up from my seat to ask my friend something. When I sat back down, one of my guy classmates was sitting there. I sat on his lap and right at that moment my teacher came back. FML
Today, I got an e-mail from my seminar tutor asking why I wasn't in class. I was sitting next to him. FML
Today, it's my first day of high school. It's also my first day of a three-day in-school suspension. The reason? I sat next to a girl and she immediately got up and told the teacher that she didn't "feel safe". FML
Today, I had to show a new student around my school. Normally, that wouldn't be such a bad thing, but the student was my crazy, overly-attached ex. I transferred schools to get away from her in the first place. FML
Today, I was in class just taking notes and minding my own business. The teacher has already called my parents twice complaining about me. As we are taking 3 pages of notes she grabs mine and rips them up, saying that she is sick and tired of me drawing. I was drawing the graphs on the board. FML
Today, I, a person who has graduated high school, encountered one of my high school teachers in public. The one known for her rampant ableism against me and tendency to get heated when people don't respond immediately to her when she talks. I've had horrible social anxiety for several years. Do the math. FML
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concon4815 10
If you explain the situation and the teacher still doesn't make the change then go above them and go to an principal. There is no reason you should have to feel harassed in school
arano 29
If your teacher won't help you then maybe go to a higher up, OP. Teacher's can be assholes for no reason. Or just write a damn good essay.
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Emirac 10
Literally I would just type he/she is my ex and harasses me. Please move me to a different seat as I've requested because I don't feel comfortable and should not be subjected to harassment in your classroom. Then copy it and just hold down paste on that shit until it gets about 20 pages long and hand it in. Then walk my ass to the principle's office.
Emirac 10
edit: principal's office. The site froze and I couldn't edit my accidental poor grammar.
Death69 24
I would write the following: "The person sitting next to me is my ex. They haven't stopped harassing me since the break-up. And I do NOT want to be sitting next to them. Period! Thank you in advance..." And write it big enough that it takes 3 pages.
shitstorm28 11
go over your teacher's head. in fact, you should probably be reporting the harassment.
Ninjerman 7
Just wrote a three page list of the things your ex has done. The more details you can add, the longer your essay will be. And if all else fails, go over the teacher's head. Principal has to listen to your problems and at least appear to take action.
Piasid 7
If it's really that important to you then stop being lazy and were the essay. It's not hard to fill 3 pages with personal experience and you can even double space it if needed.
Maxthomkell 17
Well first off, I did end up writing it. But it was never about being "lazy" it was about being uncomfortable talking about very personal things.
andrmac 25
Page 1 I Page 2 hate Page 3 my ex
GhostFox 34
You need to report the harassment to someone higher in the chain of command now, before it escalates. Now you should also report the teacher for failing to properly handle harassment in the classroom. Especially since I think schools are supposed to have regulations and that there are laws in most states stating that the school, all staff and all affiliates are required to provide a non-hostile and relatively comfortable teaching environment to all students. I'm also pretty sure that part of fair treatment of students is that it means that making a student write an essay-because the teacher doesn't understand what being harassed is like, goes against regulations and school rules. So, report the harassment and improper handling of the case to the principal, or whoever is directly above the teacher. If there's no action, go up the chain, even to the superintendent of schools and school board. If they don't want to handle it, go public. I suggest getting together a sort of time line to present to the principal. When the harassment started, when and why the relationship (when there was one) degraded to the point of a break up, types of harassment and when they occurred, responses by other student and by teachers to the harassment. I'd say to get evidence of them in the act but that could cause trouble for OP. Unless the class is predominantly lectures, and OP just so happened to be using a tape recorder before the ex starts harassing them... To say again, go up the chain of command; report both the teacher and the ex. Going over someone's head /can/ cause issues down the line, but if you keep record of when you reported them and got copies of your transcript as it stands now, you should be able to prove any unfair grading that may occur.
FailStaff 15
Do the essay...it'll prove your will and how badly you want it done
potatocharmander 17
Well you could just repeat "He is my ex" over and over, and if that doesn't work, go to the principal, and if all else fails, eat pizza, all problems are solved with pizza.
terrix7 13
You have good reason for not wanting to sit next to him, so write the essay and slay that shit