Student vs Teacher

[James Deuce]

I punched my PE teacher in his enormous diving coach gut. It did nothing but make a point, and to his credit he did realise he'd gone one step too far with his taunting and public humiliation. It also stopped that kid with the Karate brown belt from beating me up in the changing sheds.

[PrincessBandit]

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You know how some just manage to push all your buttons to the point where you just want to be a difficult arse to them ...
Talk about stop the room cold poor woman - I feel bad for her thinking about it now but fark it were funny and she just used to push the group everytime with similar results.

I have been on the receiving end of "pack" mentality female students - many many years ago when I was working as a long-term reliever at a South Auckland high school. I know relievers are particularly tasty targets, but these girls were out for my blood. Not sure why - perhaps they just had that killer "spot the bright eyed, bushy tailed idealist/want -to -actually-help-you" instinct. Whatever it was I had them for a double period twice a week and they were intent on making my life miserable. Almost had a breakdown as a result of their behaviour, but looking back it certainly shaped me to be the teacher I am today - still a bit of an idealist but not afraid to tell them to get over themselves or call their bluff when they start their hormonal posturing.