Man, I pissed off my high school biology teacher.
So, he was an asshole anyway, but he did give good lecture. I took notes, which was part of his rules. He walked around the class doing his talk, expanding points after questions, etc. So, an asshole, but a decent teacher.
Until he strolled by me one day. I have my own shorthand that I built up over the years of being dyslexic and a few other issues. No teacher had ever given a shit about it before.
But he flipped shit, said I was just scribbling, to take real notes.
I said I was, he basically said bullshit, and turned back three pages and asked what it said “smart alex” (that’s a quote).
So, I took a look at it, and read back what it said, which was what he had said in class, and it was easy to confirm because other students had the same thing.
He told me to write normal. I said no. Shit flipped, and it was a thing, and the principal ended up siding with me. Strangely, my grades in that class went from As to Cs and Ds, funny that.
What’s worse, if he had checked with my English teacher, or math teacher, or anyone else at all, he would have known my handwriting was shit, and the shorthand was more useful.
That’s really awful that you had to experience that. You found a very valid solution to a disability that enabled you to learn and got shit for it. Shorthand is a real skill and professional shorthand is not easy to learn. I remember my mom had a professional secretary’s shorthand textbook that I used to love growing up. It was like learning another language and I did end up using some of it in school for my personal notes. Hell stenography is still a valid profession and uses it’s own form of shorthand. You are awesome and your teacher was an ass.
Plot twist: I wouldn’t get it either
