HOW DARE YOU?

Yesterday I had the chance to chat with an old fellow of mine. He was part of my promocion when I was at University. He was a very good student. Though he was able to pass almost all subjects and do some tutorial classes as a student assistant in Phonetics, he is still struggling with some subjects he cannot pass. But this is the consequence of something he did. Never did he imagined all the difficult situations he would have to go through before getting his degree.
The thing is that when he sat for Language 5 for the first time he failed. When the teacher showed him his test, this woman did not give him clear reasons why he could not pass it. A few months later, he went again through the same situation, and having to sit for a third time made him want to tell the teacher some things he had being keeping inside. What he did was, after receiving the results of the test and seeing that he had failed again, he started to tell this teacher a lot of insults and bad words. Consequently, he was able to pass Language but now, he is stucked with Linguistics because the same teacher is in charge of this subject too, as well as Shakespeare, with which he could not easily make it either.

On the one hand, I admire him for doing what I did not have the courage to do. That is, sending some teachers to hell. I know he will be a teacher some day soon because of his temper and self- steam. On the other hand, I am still wondering if this is the best method. I mean, as a student, I have to say that we have to go through really unfair moments. But this is part of being a student and having less power than the teacher. But insulting him or her is not the best solution, I guess.

Anyway, I would have paid some money in order to be able to see this moment. Watching, the teachers face when she was listening a this cry of injustice we all carry inside. I beleive we tend to forget that we were students once; and that they deserve respect too. And that it does not care the level or the stage (University, secondary school, etc) people are there to learn. And there is always a chance to learn from your students and viceversa.

I hope my frind gets his degree some day. And that he finishes with this nightmare soon. All in all, I thank him for donig what I would have liked to do three years ago.