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** [[https://notalwaysright.com/that-class-is-bombing/38993/ This professor]]: senile, or secretly testing his students to find out which ones don't do their own research?
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/an-introversion-of-justice/125293/ This teacher]] deals with a 10th grade class that had been unruly all year by refusing to approve their requests to go on to AP or even just Honors, with the exception of the sole well-behaved student. The replies have been divided as to whether the teacher should have tried harder throughout the year to rein them in, or if she tried all she was allowed under the administration and her hands were ultimately tied up until that point. Doubly so since she's a first-year teacher, so she might lack the experience and know-how to deal with such students.
** The teacher in [[https://notalwaysright.com/its-a-con-text/108889/ these]] [[https://notalwaysright.com/its-a-con-text-part-2/139273/ two]] stories is so unhelpful that by the second one, the commentators were beginning to suspect that he was either [[SadistTeacher being unhelpful on purpose and likes seeing the students squirm]] through and through or, in regards to the second story, was being unhelpful (and, eventually, outright hostile) to the students as payback for getting him suspended from the school over the Problem Girl incident.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/forced-friendship/119472/ This teacher]]: well-intentioned, InnocentlyInsensitive idiot who doesn't understand anything about boundaries, [[ShrinkingViolet introversion]], or that [[UnwantedAssistance trying to force a shy girl to come out of her shell before she feels comfortable with making friends at this particular school is going to make her a bully magnet]]? Or, as a few commenters pointed out, a [[FridgeHorror possible groomer]]?
** Did [[https://notalwaysright.com/addressing-the-big-safety-elephant-in-the-room/36144/ this vice-principal]][[labelnote:summary]]The story is set in a high school where the students have a jaywalking habit, which caused several near-misses and an actual (benign) accident. One day, a vice-principal makes a school-wide intercom announcement to explain jaywalking is dangerous. The message was pronounced with a goofy cartoon voice, was announced as if it was told by a mascot, and its content was stating the obvious.[[/labelnote]] sincerely underestimate their student body's mental age, or did they deliberately pass the message in such a goofy way to be sure the students would remember it? The submitter assumes the former, but a few comments assumed the latter.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/excuse-me-while-i-spam-the-save-button/254118/ In this story]], the poster appears to think a professor's way of teaching his students to save their work regularly (namely, cutting power to the computer lab while the students are in the middle of coursework) was "tough love". The comments almost universally slam the professor, both for deliberately sabotaging his students' coursework and for the damage he was likely doing to the terminals by playing with the breaker switch.
** While [[https://notalwaysright.com/money-makes-the-school-go-down/136770/ this principal]] brought everything on himself, some debates happened around his daughter; was she a SpoiledBrat who cut her father off because she didn't get what she wanted? Or was she disgusted by her father's stunt? Some have even speculated that this may have been the latest in a long line of broken promises and parental failures; in that case, this may have simply been the straw that broke the camel's back. If that last point is true, then this adds another layer to the principal's actions; he may have realized he was on his last chance with his daughter, and did that stunt out of desperation to save whatever relationship he still had with her, [[GoneHorriblyWrong only for the results to make her cut him off for good after she finally had enough]].
** The OP in [[https://notalwaysright.com/what-is-your-damage/291429/ this story]] gets last-minute inspiration for a writing assignment in a dream, only for a friend to point out that it's basically the plot of a movie they saw last week. (Specifically, ''Film/{{Heathers}}''.) With no time to think of anything else, OP just tells themself that it's OK since it's not a word-for-word rehash and turns it in anyway. When they're called to the office, they think they're getting penalized for plagiarism, only for it to turn out that the staff were just concerned that OP was about to go on a killing spree due to the nature of the essay. OP successfully argues that it was ultimately an argument for pacifism and walks away thinking the staff had no idea about the movie. Some comments theorize that they could have recognized the general plot, but didn't consider it plagiarism because it was still the OP's own take on it.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/that-class-is-bombing/38993/ This professor]]: senile, or secretly testing his students to find out which ones don't do their own research?
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/an-introversion-of-justice/125293/ This teacher]] deals with a 10th grade class that had been unruly all year by refusing to approve their requests to go on to AP or even just Honors, with the exception of the sole well-behaved student. The replies have been divided as to whether the teacher should have tried harder throughout the year to rein them in, or if she tried all she was allowed under the administration and her hands were ultimately tied up until that point. Doubly so since she's a first-year teacher, so she might lack the experience and know-how to deal with such students.
** The teacher in [[https://notalwaysright.com/its-a-con-text/108889/ these]] [[https://notalwaysright.com/its-a-con-text-part-2/139273/ two]] stories is so unhelpful that by the second one, the commentators were beginning to suspect that he was either [[SadistTeacher being unhelpful on purpose and likes seeing the students squirm]] through and through or, in regards to the second story, was being unhelpful (and, eventually, outright hostile) to the students as payback for getting him suspended from the school over the Problem Girl incident.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/forced-friendship/119472/ This teacher]]: well-intentioned, InnocentlyInsensitive idiot who doesn't understand anything about boundaries, [[ShrinkingViolet introversion]], or that [[UnwantedAssistance trying to force a shy girl to come out of her shell before she feels comfortable with making friends at this particular school is going to make her a bully magnet]]? Or, as a few commenters pointed out, a [[FridgeHorror possible groomer]]?
** Did [[https://notalwaysright.com/addressing-the-big-safety-elephant-in-the-room/36144/ this vice-principal]][[labelnote:summary]]The story is set in a high school where the students have a jaywalking habit, which caused several near-misses and an actual (benign) accident. One day, a vice-principal makes a school-wide intercom announcement to explain jaywalking is dangerous. The message was pronounced with a goofy cartoon voice, was announced as if it was told by a mascot, and its content was stating the obvious.[[/labelnote]] sincerely underestimate their student body's mental age, or did they deliberately pass the message in such a goofy way to be sure the students would remember it? The submitter assumes the former, but a few comments assumed the latter.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/excuse-me-while-i-spam-the-save-button/254118/ In this story]], the poster appears to think a professor's way of teaching his students to save their work regularly (namely, cutting power to the computer lab while the students are in the middle of coursework) was "tough love". The comments almost universally slam the professor, both for deliberately sabotaging his students' coursework and for the damage he was likely doing to the terminals by playing with the breaker switch.
** While [[https://notalwaysright.com/money-makes-the-school-go-down/136770/ this principal]] brought everything on himself, some debates happened around his daughter; was she a SpoiledBrat who cut her father off because she didn't get what she wanted? Or was she disgusted by her father's stunt? Some have even speculated that this may have been the latest in a long line of broken promises and parental failures; in that case, this may have simply been the straw that broke the camel's back. If that last point is true, then this adds another layer to the principal's actions; he may have realized he was on his last chance with his daughter, and did that stunt out of desperation to save whatever relationship he still had with her, [[GoneHorriblyWrong only for the results to make her cut him off for good after she finally had enough]].
** The OP in [[https://notalwaysright.com/what-is-your-damage/291429/ this story]] gets last-minute inspiration for a writing assignment in a dream, only for a friend to point out that it's basically the plot of a movie they saw last week. (Specifically, ''Film/{{Heathers}}''.) With no time to think of anything else, OP just tells themself that it's OK since it's not a word-for-word rehash and turns it in anyway. When they're called to the office, they think they're getting penalized for plagiarism, only for it to turn out that the staff were just concerned that OP was about to go on a killing spree due to the nature of the essay. OP successfully argues that it was ultimately an argument for pacifism and walks away thinking the staff had no idea about the movie. Some comments theorize that they could have recognized the general plot, but didn't consider it plagiarism because it was still the OP's own take on it.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/that-class-is-bombing/38993/ This professor]]: senile, or secretly testing his students to find out which ones don't do theirAlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation/NotAlwaysRight Now on its own research?
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/an-introversion-of-justice/125293/ This teacher]] deals with a 10th grade class that had been unruly all year by refusing to approve their requests to go on to AP or even just Honors, with the exception of the sole well-behaved student. The replies have been divided as to whether the teacher should have tried harder throughout the year to rein them in, or if she tried all she was allowed under the administration and her hands were ultimately tied up until that point. Doubly so since she's a first-year teacher, so she might lack the experience and know-how to deal with such students.
** The teacher in [[https://notalwaysright.com/its-a-con-text/108889/ these]] [[https://notalwaysright.com/its-a-con-text-part-2/139273/ two]] stories is so unhelpful that by the second one, the commentators were beginning to suspect that he was either [[SadistTeacher being unhelpful on purpose and likes seeing the students squirm]] through and through or, in regards to the second story, was being unhelpful (and, eventually, outright hostile) to the students as payback for getting him suspended from the school over the Problem Girl incident.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/forced-friendship/119472/ This teacher]]: well-intentioned, InnocentlyInsensitive idiot who doesn't understand anything about boundaries, [[ShrinkingViolet introversion]], or that [[UnwantedAssistance trying to force a shy girl to come out of her shell before she feels comfortable with making friends at this particular school is going to make her a bully magnet]]? Or, as a few commenters pointed out, a [[FridgeHorror possible groomer]]?
** Did [[https://notalwaysright.com/addressing-the-big-safety-elephant-in-the-room/36144/ this vice-principal]][[labelnote:summary]]The story is set in a high school where the students have a jaywalking habit, which caused several near-misses and an actual (benign) accident. One day, a vice-principal makes a school-wide intercom announcement to explain jaywalking is dangerous. The message was pronounced with a goofy cartoon voice, was announced as if it was told by a mascot, and its content was stating the obvious.[[/labelnote]] sincerely underestimate their student body's mental age, or did they deliberately pass the message in such a goofy way to be sure the students would remember it? The submitter assumes the former, but a few comments assumed the latter.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/excuse-me-while-i-spam-the-save-button/254118/ In this story]], the poster appears to think a professor's way of teaching his students to save their work regularly (namely, cutting power to the computer lab while the students are in the middle of coursework) was "tough love". The comments almost universally slam the professor, both for deliberately sabotaging his students' coursework and for the damage he was likely doing to the terminals by playing with the breaker switch.
** While [[https://notalwaysright.com/money-makes-the-school-go-down/136770/ this principal]] brought everything on himself, some debates happened around his daughter; was she a SpoiledBrat who cut her father off because she didn't get what she wanted? Or was she disgusted by her father's stunt? Some have even speculated that this may have been the latest in a long line of broken promises and parental failures; in that case, this may have simply been the straw that broke the camel's back. If that last point is true, then this adds another layer to the principal's actions; he may have realized he was on his last chance with his daughter, and did that stunt out of desperation to save whatever relationship he still had with her, [[GoneHorriblyWrong only for the results to make her cut him off for good after she finally had enough]].
** The OP in [[https://notalwaysright.com/what-is-your-damage/291429/ this story]] gets last-minute inspiration for a writing assignment in a dream, only for a friend to point out that it's basically the plot of a movie they saw last week. (Specifically, ''Film/{{Heathers}}''.) With no time to think of anything else, OP just tells themself that it's OK since it's not a word-for-word rehash and turns it in anyway. When they're called to the office, they think they're getting penalized for plagiarism, only for it to turn out that the staff were just concerned that OP was about to go on a killing spree due to the nature of the essay. OP successfully argues that it was ultimately an argument for pacifism and walks away thinking the staff had no idea about the movie. Some comments theorize that they could have recognized the general plot, but didn't consider it plagiarism because it was still the OP's own take on it.page.]]
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/that-class-is-bombing/38993/ This professor]]: senile, or secretly testing his students to find out which ones don't do their
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/an-introversion-of-justice/125293/ This teacher]] deals with a 10th grade class that had been unruly all year by refusing to approve their requests to go on to AP or even just Honors, with the exception of the sole well-behaved student. The replies have been divided as to whether the teacher should have tried harder throughout the year to rein them in, or if she tried all she was allowed under the administration and her hands were ultimately tied up until that point. Doubly so since she's a first-year teacher, so she might lack the experience and know-how to deal with such students.
** The teacher in [[https://notalwaysright.com/its-a-con-text/108889/ these]] [[https://notalwaysright.com/its-a-con-text-part-2/139273/ two]] stories is so unhelpful that by the second one, the commentators were beginning to suspect that he was either [[SadistTeacher being unhelpful on purpose and likes seeing the students squirm]] through and through or, in regards to the second story, was being unhelpful (and, eventually, outright hostile) to the students as payback for getting him suspended from the school over the Problem Girl incident.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/forced-friendship/119472/ This teacher]]: well-intentioned, InnocentlyInsensitive idiot who doesn't understand anything about boundaries, [[ShrinkingViolet introversion]], or that [[UnwantedAssistance trying to force a shy girl to come out of her shell before she feels comfortable with making friends at this particular school is going to make her a bully magnet]]? Or, as a few commenters pointed out, a [[FridgeHorror possible groomer]]?
** Did [[https://notalwaysright.com/addressing-the-big-safety-elephant-in-the-room/36144/ this vice-principal]][[labelnote:summary]]The story is set in a high school where the students have a jaywalking habit, which caused several near-misses and an actual (benign) accident. One day, a vice-principal makes a school-wide intercom announcement to explain jaywalking is dangerous. The message was pronounced with a goofy cartoon voice, was announced as if it was told by a mascot, and its content was stating the obvious.[[/labelnote]] sincerely underestimate their student body's mental age, or did they deliberately pass the message in such a goofy way to be sure the students would remember it? The submitter assumes the former, but a few comments assumed the latter.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/excuse-me-while-i-spam-the-save-button/254118/ In this story]], the poster appears to think a professor's way of teaching his students to save their work regularly (namely, cutting power to the computer lab while the students are in the middle of coursework) was "tough love". The comments almost universally slam the professor, both for deliberately sabotaging his students' coursework and for the damage he was likely doing to the terminals by playing with the breaker switch.
** While [[https://notalwaysright.com/money-makes-the-school-go-down/136770/ this principal]] brought everything on himself, some debates happened around his daughter; was she a SpoiledBrat who cut her father off because she didn't get what she wanted? Or was she disgusted by her father's stunt? Some have even speculated that this may have been the latest in a long line of broken promises and parental failures; in that case, this may have simply been the straw that broke the camel's back. If that last point is true, then this adds another layer to the principal's actions; he may have realized he was on his last chance with his daughter, and did that stunt out of desperation to save whatever relationship he still had with her, [[GoneHorriblyWrong only for the results to make her cut him off for good after she finally had enough]].
** The OP in [[https://notalwaysright.com/what-is-your-damage/291429/ this story]] gets last-minute inspiration for a writing assignment in a dream, only for a friend to point out that it's basically the plot of a movie they saw last week. (Specifically, ''Film/{{Heathers}}''.) With no time to think of anything else, OP just tells themself that it's OK since it's not a word-for-word rehash and turns it in anyway. When they're called to the office, they think they're getting penalized for plagiarism, only for it to turn out that the staff were just concerned that OP was about to go on a killing spree due to the nature of the essay. OP successfully argues that it was ultimately an argument for pacifism and walks away thinking the staff had no idea about the movie. Some comments theorize that they could have recognized the general plot, but didn't consider it plagiarism because it was still the OP's own take on it.
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** The submitter of [[https://notalwaysright.com/this-student-aint-just-full-of-hot-air/259364/ this story]] barges into their music teacher's office and screams at them over the B grade they got. While the reasoning for the grade is completely unjust (the other bassoonist was better than them, having played it for five years while the submitter was only playing it for five months, which apparently somehow invalidated what the submitter had actually accomplished in those five months) and the submitter's rage is understandable (the unjust grade drove them under the threshold for National Honor Society by .001, costing them a major scholarship, and the NHS refused to budge even when the grade was changed to an A), the commenters note that screaming at a teacher is not an appropriate way to handle the situation.
** The submitter of [[https://notalwaysright.com/a-new-version-of-the-french-mistake/292108/ this story]] demands that their student attach a "front sheet" to their homework, but refuses to explain what it is or why it's not arbitrary. The comments blast the submitter for refusing to properly communicate with the student, blaming the issue on their accent.
** The submitter of [[https://notalwaysright.com/this-student-aint-just-full-of-hot-air/259364/ this story]] barges into their music teacher's office and screams at them over the B grade they got. While the reasoning for the grade is completely unjust (the other bassoonist was better than them, having played it for five years while the submitter was only playing it for five months, which apparently somehow invalidated what the submitter had actually accomplished in those five months) and the submitter's rage is understandable (the unjust grade drove them under the threshold for National Honor Society by .001, costing them a major scholarship, and the NHS refused to budge even when the grade was changed to an A), the commenters note that screaming at a teacher is not an appropriate way to handle the situation.
** The submitter of [[https://notalwaysright.com/a-new-version-of-the-french-mistake/292108/ this story]] demands that their student attach a "front sheet" to their homework, but refuses to explain what it is or why it's not arbitrary. The comments blast the submitter for refusing to properly communicate with the student, blaming the issue on their accent.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic:
** The submitter of [[https://notalwaysright.com/this-student-aint-just-full-of-hot-air/259364/ this story]] barges into their music teacher's office and screams at them over the B grade they got. While the reasoning for the grade is completely unjust (the other bassoonist was better than them, having played it for five years while the submitter was only playing it for five months, which apparently somehow invalidated what the submitter had actually accomplished in those five months) and the submitter's rage is understandable (the unjust grade drove them under the threshold for National Honor Society by .001, costing them a major scholarship, and the NHS refused to budge even when the grade was changed to an A), the commenters note that screaming at a teacher is not an appropriate way to handle the situation.
** The submitter of [[https://notalwaysright.com/a-new-version-of-the-french-mistake/292108/ this story]] demands that their student attach a "front sheet" to their homework, but refuses to explain what it is or why it's not arbitrary. The comments blast the submitter for refusing to properly communicate with the student, blaming the issue on their accent.UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic/NotAlwaysRight Has its own page.]]
** The submitter of [[https://notalwaysright.com/this-student-aint-just-full-of-hot-air/259364/ this story]] barges into their music teacher's office and screams at them over the B grade they got. While the reasoning for the grade is completely unjust (the other bassoonist was better than them, having played it for five years while the submitter was only playing it for five months, which apparently somehow invalidated what the submitter had actually accomplished in those five months) and the submitter's rage is understandable (the unjust grade drove them under the threshold for National Honor Society by .001, costing them a major scholarship, and the NHS refused to budge even when the grade was changed to an A), the commenters note that screaming at a teacher is not an appropriate way to handle the situation.
** The submitter of [[https://notalwaysright.com/a-new-version-of-the-french-mistake/292108/ this story]] demands that their student attach a "front sheet" to their homework, but refuses to explain what it is or why it's not arbitrary. The comments blast the submitter for refusing to properly communicate with the student, blaming the issue on their accent.
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** While [[https://notalwaysright.com/money-makes-the-school-go-down/136770/ this principal]] brought everything on himself, some debates happened around his daughter; was she a SpoiledBrat who cut her father off because she didn't get what she wanted? Or was she disgusted by her father's stunt? Some have even speculated that this may have been the latest in a long line of broken promises and parental failures; in that case, this may have simply been the straw that broke the camel's back.
*** If that last point is true, then this adds another layer to the principal's actions; he may have realized he was on his last chance with his daughter, and did that stunt out of desperation to save whatever relationship he still had with her, [[GoneHorriblyWrong only for the results to make her cut him off for good after she finally had enough]].
*** If that last point is true, then this adds another layer to the principal's actions; he may have realized he was on his last chance with his daughter, and did that stunt out of desperation to save whatever relationship he still had with her, [[GoneHorriblyWrong only for the results to make her cut him off for good after she finally had enough]].
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** While [[https://notalwaysright.com/money-makes-the-school-go-down/136770/ this principal]] brought everything on himself, some debates happened around his daughter; was she a SpoiledBrat who cut her father off because she didn't get what she wanted? Or was she disgusted by her father's stunt? Some have even speculated that this may have been the latest in a long line of broken promises and parental failures; in that case, this may have simply been the straw that broke the camel's back.
***back. If that last point is true, then this adds another layer to the principal's actions; he may have realized he was on his last chance with his daughter, and did that stunt out of desperation to save whatever relationship he still had with her, [[GoneHorriblyWrong only for the results to make her cut him off for good after she finally had enough]].
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* FridgeHorror: [[http://notalwaysright.com/knocking-the-door-of-opportunity/8470 If you think about it too much]], it may become horrific.
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* FridgeHorror: FridgeHorror:
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/knocking-the-door-of-opportunity/8470 If you think about it too much]], it may becomehorrific.horrific.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/kids-so-bad-they-dont-even-get-coal/283491/ This story]] notes that the student in question (who is maliciously informing a bunch of first-graders that Santa isn't real) comes from a notoriously badly-behaved family and that she is the ''best''-behaved of her siblings, which says a lot. The comments note that there's almost certainly dysfunction and/or abuse going on behind the scenes if all of them are acting out at school.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/knocking-the-door-of-opportunity/8470 If you think about it too much]], it may become
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/kids-so-bad-they-dont-even-get-coal/283491/ This story]] notes that the student in question (who is maliciously informing a bunch of first-graders that Santa isn't real) comes from a notoriously badly-behaved family and that she is the ''best''-behaved of her siblings, which says a lot. The comments note that there's almost certainly dysfunction and/or abuse going on behind the scenes if all of them are acting out at school.
