Yeah, English was always a fucking pain. As an adult though I wish I remembered the parts of speech and how to structure English documents well. A huge part of my job in tech is explaining things in English text.

In high school an English teacher helped start me on the path to wind up here by making us learn about McCarthyism and making me do a report on the Vietnam war (everyone had a 20th century event to report on). The whole incident left me more open minded towards left wing anti authoritarianism

My 6th grade English teacher was the hottest teacher in the school. She'd sit in a boys lap and then ask them to come to the board to answer a problem.

Later it came out publicly that much of the school administration and teachers, city council, and some of the religious leaders were involved in a large and well-known (among the adults, I guess?) swingers club. Small towns get down.

It did largely change the dynamic of the town after they all moved and got fired from what I hear. The abusive kids elementary gym teacher and later high school boy's weight lifting coach became the principal, one or two principals after one fled the country because of rumors of inappropriate relations with a minor.

Edit: I'm curious if this is going to be one of those comments that get 10 replies from 10 different people from small towns of "Was this in Y city/state?"

Yeah I made the mistake of learning to write well in high school then majoring in engineering and being good at it. Unfortunately that meant I was the designated person in group projects for both doing the thing and writing it up

No one needs marketing copy.

Yeah you either luck out and get great ones, or it’s a job equivalent of adult daycare

That's often the state curriculum. Don't hate the player hate the game baby

Some classics are good enough to read. The problem is in forcing kids to try to do in-depth analysis. Even Charles Dickens or Charlotte Bronte isn't all that bad to read, until you are squinting at every third word and wondering if this could mean something in the context of the whole book and just maybe you can write about it well enough in your stupid journal that you really want a B in so your parents don't whip you with the belt again.

You mean 'Great Expectations'? The most fucking boring book ever written in the history of mankind?

As a former English teacher, I can say that I have made some rash decisions in my life

Man, I taught English for 6 years... It was year 6 when I found out there were teacher guides.

I had spent the whole time actually making curriculum. No wonder I burned out

Que embarazo