[storytime] Terrible Teachers - Summary

Summary

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**Summary:**

* The narrator reflects on their 17-year school experience, highlighting the hit-or-miss nature of teachers.
* They express a desire for practical skills, leading to a promo for Skillshare, an online learning platform.
* The narrator shares two personal anecdotes about problematic teachers:
1. A calculus teacher who was too close to students, leading to a cheating scandal.
2. A seventh-grade teacher who publicly shamed students (including the narrator) for not donating to a food drive, not considering their difficult financial situations.
3. A seminary teacher who was consistently late, then berated the narrator (who had arrived early to help set up) for not having the class ready.
* The narrator invites viewers to share their own "crazy teacher stories" in the comments.

**Tone:** Personal, reflective, and conversational, with a touch of humor and promotional content.

Facts

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**Personal Background**

1. The speaker spent 17 years of their life in school.
2. They plan to spend at least two more years in school to get an animation degree.
3. They were taking AP Physics, Chemistry, and History simultaneously.

**Skillshare Promotion**

4. Skillshare is an online learning community with over 26,000 classes.
5. Skillshare offers courses in design, business, and more, including animation and illustration.
6. The first 500 people who click the link can get a free two-month unlimited access tryout to Skillshare.
7. After the promotion, Skillshare costs around $10 a month.

**School Experiences**

8. The speaker's calculus teacher also doubled as the high school basketball coach.
9. A student in the calculus class stole the answer key and shared it with the rest of the class.
10. The speaker's family had financial difficulties, making it hard to donate to food drives.
11. Some schools required parents to donate $100 per kid for school funds.
12. The speaker's teacher publicly shamed students who didn't donate to a food drive.
13. The speaker's parents complained to the principal about the teacher's behavior.
14. As a result, the teacher gave the speaker automatic A's on their papers.

**Seminary Class Experience**

15. The speaker had to attend an extra class called seminary at 6:30 a.m.
16. The seminary teacher was wealthy and sometimes didn't show up to class.
17. When the teacher didn't show up, the speaker was blamed for not setting up the class.
18. The speaker stopped helping the teacher after being spoken to harshly.