An English Teacher Was Mocked by Unruly Teens All Summer while Bosses Refused to Step In—So She Refused to Attend Their Send-Off Party
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There’s only so much disrespect one person can put up with before they decide they’ve had enough.
One young English teacher reached that point while working at a summer camp with a class of unruly teenagers.
The students constantly interrupted lessons and mocked staff, while the director did little to stop any of it.
Then, the teacher started getting reported to HR even though the students were the ones making inappropriate comments and causing problems.
By the end of the camp, she had no interest in spending any more time around them than necessary.
Read on to see exactly why she skipped the party.
AITA for refusing to go to my students’ goodbye party?
I’m a young English teacher, and I wanted to try working at summer camps around the country.
During my most recent experience, I had an extremely unruly class of teenagers who constantly interrupted my lessons and made fun of both me and my assistant, as well as other members of staff.
Unfortunately, disciplining them was out of the question because the director consistently ignored their misbehavior.
I was reported to HR twice: once because the students found my lessons “boring” and once because I was supposedly being “too harsh” with them.
After a stressful experience, the last thing she wanted was to see them outside of school hours.
My lessons mostly consisted of brainstorming activities, videos, games, and conversation tasks, but eventually, I had to rely on quizzes and repetitive whiteboard games to avoid receiving another call from HR.
Some of the students even went as far as drawing **** symbols and making ******** explicit comments about me, but reporting these incidents to the director was a complete waste of time.
Dealing with these teenagers wasn’t just mentally exhausting; it was also humiliating for everyone.
As a result, I wanted to avoid seeing them outside of working hours. I refused to attend their goodbye party because I didn’t feel comfortable being around them, and I preferred to protect my peace.
AITA?
Yikes! It sounds like these teens put her through the ringer.
Let’s see what the readers over at Reddit think about what happened.
That’s actually kinda funny.
This reader tells her exactly where to speak up.
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It depends for this person.
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As this comment explains, it’s totally up to her.
She had every reason to skip that party.
Those students made her job miserable, and the people in charge did almost nothing to help.
After dealing with all of that during work hours, there’s no wonder she didn’t want to spend her time off like that.
Sometimes, protecting your peace really does mean knowing when not to show up.
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