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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chewsef 17
Restraining order.
revolvearoundme 15
I am completely okay with this. If you want special treatment you should have to earn it. I think a 3 page essay is pretty fair price to break the rules. Think of it this way. If they move you because you then everyone wants to get moved. If it costs a 3 page essay the things you're willing to put up with increase. FYI the problem is yours not the teachers.
Maxthomkell 17
I hardly think that not being sat next to someone who has harassed you for nearly a year is "special treatment" or "breaking the rules". It's crossing the line to ask for an essay on a personal matter in a students life in my opinion. She's a government teacher, not a guidance counselor.
Britt125 16
Write the essay, add lots and lots of detail about how awful your ex is and all the times they've harassed you. Exaggerate, make it sound so bad that she feels really bad and embarrassed for not just listening to "hey my ex is harassing me, please change my seat." Maybe include something about contacting a higher authority if she doesn't change your seat.
xtoolbearx 11
Page 1: she's Page 2: my Page 3: ex
OceanLady 1
Easy enough. Tell the teacher why you want to move (if you haven't already). If they still want the essay, start with the date you broke up. Then talk about everything they've done in as much detail as you can. Include dates if you can. If they've been calling and texting you, print out your phone records and screenshots of texts. You can black out all the calls that weren't from them for privacy's sake. At the end of the essay, say that you have also forwarded this to the principal and guidance councillor. Their e-mails should be easy to find on your school's website. Make sure they'll be able to open the attached essay with whatever version of word is on your school's computers, and in the e-mail explain the conversation you had with your teacher before writing the essay.
OceanLady 1
Also, I think it's hillarious that everyone is assuming the ex is a guy. I assumed it was a girl :P
shinikageWolf 15
A harassing ex, that should fill up more than 3 pages. (Use slightly larger font, crank up the size, and if it's electronically submitted type words in the blank spaces and turn them white to blend in for the higher word count.)
Reaperbunni 4
Better start writing.
doumtabarnack 12
Dude for once you actually have a good reason to write an essay. Three pages is an hour and a half tops.
Taurus_ChicKa 37
Well, I mean, asking for a seat change because you don't like who you're sitting by is kind of elementary school-y. However, if you're being harassed, that's different, in which case I'd go above the teacher's head and talk to the principal or even the school counselor. You shouldn't have to be treated badly while trying to learn.