Personal Narrative: My Public School Career

My public school career was one filled with corruption, incompetence, and hardships. There were teachers who would fail you for no reason or kids who would try to frame you for things simply because they didn’t like the way you dressed. With the exceptions of a few students and teachers, I experienced some of the worst sides of the Loudoun County Public School system. I find myself glad that I learned all the lessons I did from those hard times because without them I would not be the person I am today.

One of my first clear memories from elementary school was my first-grade teacher. Ms.R was a teacher that appeared to enjoy literally yelling at students for the smallest of things and used public humiliation as her main tool for discipline. The memory that I remember so clearly is one of a false accusation that changed how I had to work in her class. It all started when we had a substitute. During recess, I was playing with one of my friends and we were drawing things with colored pencils. While I was drawing, my pencil broke so I had to sharpen it. I went over to the electric sharpener and waited behind …show more content…
They did what many parents would do and went to the teacher to face the problem head on, but instead of meeting someone who was reasonable and listened to what they had to say they met someone who ridiculed them on how they raised their son and told them that he would probably have to take the first grade over again. This was the event that made them take the matter to administration. Soon they were in the principal's office asking to have me removed from the class, especially with the teacher confirming what she had done. My parent’s request was not met for one reason, there wasn't any room left in any class because of the kids that had already been moved out of the class. This meant that I had to suffer through the rest of the year with this terrible