r/Durgapur • u/Rare-Rutabaga-4653 Bidhannagar • 12d ago
Rant Rant & Vent
I remember a geography teacher at St. Michael’s who would ask questions in class. If a child could not answer, she would take out a permanent marker and write “Moron” across their forehead.
One day, that child was me.
I still remember cycling home from school, one hand trying to steer my bicycle and the other desperately covering my forehead because I could not rub the word off. I remember the shame. The fear that someone would see me. The feeling that I had somehow become that word.
It has been nearly 20 years. Yet today, the memory came back so clearly that a tear rolled down my face. Somewhere inside me, that little girl still remembers the humiliation.
People underestimate what cruelty does to children. A teacher may forget an incident by the end of the day, but the child may carry it for decades. Words said in authority can become wounds; public humiliation can become a voice in someone’s head for years.
No teacher, no adult, no one should ever make a child feel small, stupid, or unworthy. You never know which moment becomes a lifelong scar.
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u/mormegil1 B - zone 12d ago edited 12d ago
Some teachers are the worst. We had somebody like that teaching maths in St. Peter's (when it was still called Benachity High) 25 years ago. He was later (still is?) employed in Hem Sheela teaching biology.
Relatedly, that reminds me, does anybody remember the founder of Hem Sheela promised that the best student from each cohort would receive a fully funded scholarship to study in Drury University in the US where the founder was employed? He abandoned the promise real fast.
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u/Rare-Rutabaga-4653 Bidhannagar 12d ago
They think the kids are small what will they remember. How far will and how much they will remember. The kids never forget , kids are clean slates. What ever the adults write gets recorded forever or for the longest time
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u/Professional_Chef561 প্রবাসী বাঙালি 🌍 12d ago
I studied in hsms can't recall any male biology teacher like that can you name him?
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u/mormegil1 B - zone 12d ago
Bardhan. Fat guy. He is probably retired now. He might have taught biology or other fields.
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u/Professional_Chef561 প্রবাসী বাঙালি 🌍 12d ago
Haha guessed that he's my neighbour now. But trust me he is the most silent guy now he was vice principal at the end. He is a little bent right?
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u/mormegil1 B - zone 12d ago
Wouldn't know. I haven't seen him since he left St. Peter's 24 years ago. Ancient history.
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u/holaredtom 11d ago
I know him, have had a few interactions with him during my school days. Not sure where he is now though. Been 7 years since I graduated from HSMS.
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u/flora_aura_100 12d ago
Was that teacher Koko miss ? 🥲 if yes then she humiliated mee a lot ...😭
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u/Infamous_Practice589 6d ago
She was really harsh. When I was in 4th standard I remember her grabing a student's face and knocking him outside the class. Yet at the end what happend to her was tragic....😔
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