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We had a teacher in high school that was universally accepted as being sexist. I took "Honor's English" (basically "hard" English for more intelligent students

We had a teacher in high school that was universally accepted as being sexist. I took "Honor's English" (basically "hard" English for more intelligent students) with her in 9th grade. There were 3 of us boys in her class of ~20 or so, and we were all on the high IQ end of the scale and good students. The girls were a mixed bag, including some that definitely shouldn't have been in the "honor's" class. They all got As and Bs. I pulled in the only Cs of my scholastic career. One of the guys got the exact same grade to the second decimal place on 4 papers in a row. My personal highlights were getting told my Polyphemus' cave diorama (boy, what a good use of time!) wasn't colorful enough, along with the time she accused me of plagiarism in front of the class in the middle of my book report because of the vocabulary I used. The sexism was so bad that the daughter of another teacher actually left mid-class to complain to the principal about it. Nothing was done.

aidenn0 5y ago
The Honors Algebra II class at the HS my sister went to was the same way but it was girls rather than boys that she treated more harshly. Girls would drop out of the honors track to avoid her class. Math class might provide fewer opportunities for subjectivity to creep in, but it still provides plenty. My sister's homework was "lost" several times, and she was falsely accused by the teacher of skipping class (3 unexcused absences in a quarter was an automatic F). The response by the administration any time complaints were made were "We don't comment on any teacher's methods, but some of our best students come out of her classes." Given that honor students went into her classes, it would be rather troubling if that weren't the case...