Cried in class
I'm a junior in college. A year away from becoming a certified teacher. All my classes are focused on teaching elementary students
My mom and I babysit our neighbor. She's 5, and about to start school. We work with her on school topics, and she really latched on to science. She loves it.
In my science class, we always do fun projects, geared for young children. My mom was running errands while I was in class. Today we were making roller coasters. I knew my neighbor would LOVE this. I got so excited. I asked what material we were using for the roller coaster, and where to get it. I was told it was just a pool noodle
My mom said to text her if I thought of anything I wanted her to pick up while she was out. So I pulled out my phone and sent my mom a text saying "pool noodle". And in the 3 seconds my phone was out, the professor looked over my shoulder and said to me:
"Are you being naughty? Are you being naughty right now?"
I admit I messed up. I got excited and carried away and forgot that it was class time and I shouldn't have my phone out. But I just felt so degraded and humiliated by the way she addressed it that I broke down. This was at 9AM. It's 7 PM and I haven't stopped crying. I told everybody it was allergies.
I was just so embarrassed by the way she brought it up. I would've been fine if she had said "phones away" but I would never ask my student (I'm teaching in a first grade class at the moment) if he or she was "being naughty" and I would never dream of saying that to an adult.
I'm not looking for advice or anything like that. I just thought maybe writing about it might help calm me down or at least help me stop crying. I feel like a wuss for letting it bother me so much but I can't help it
And before anyone asks, I did apologize to the professor. I'm a good student and have never gotten in trouble in class before. She knows I'm a good student too, so it isn't like this is a recurring problem that she just 'had enough of'
Anyway. Thanks for letting me get this off my chest. I don't think I'll make a roller coaster with the little girl. Too much of a negative association now
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