Reddit's Most Satisfying Revenge Stories
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What is the first revenge story about a brutal English teacher and unfair grading?
I don't know if this is pro, but it's certainly more than petty. In high school almost 20 years ago now, I was quiet and attentive in class. Teachers liked me. I wasn't necessarily popular, but I had good friends. I say all this to explain that high school was relatively calm for me. I played sports, was on the student newspaper, and got decent grades. However, that all changed in the spring semester of my junior year. Now, I've always been a voracious reader. My freshman English teacher recommended that I move up to the honors English track. So I did for freshman, sophomore, and the first half of junior year. For the second half of junior year, I was put into classical literature. I've always loved Greek and Roman stories and had already read your typical high school classic reading list on my own.
I didn't mind reading those books again, up until I met Miss Umbridge. She put on this sweet facade, but this woman was downright evil. She also decided that she hated me. I still don't know why or what transgression I committed, but she hated me. I assume it was my habit of sometimes nodding off in classes. At the time, I had undiagnosed thyroid issues and was getting up at 5am for swim practice. I say sometimes because it happened maybe twice a month total between all eight classes. I don't remember nodding off in her class, but it could have happened. Anyway, her class was 50% essays and written reports. The rest were random quizzes and a couple of tests. I was on the student newspaper and I was a decent writer.
I wasn't worried about maintaining a B or above. We wrote our first paper and I got a D. I was shocked. The only class that I ever struggled in was chemistry and still my lowest assignment grade there was a C. After class, I asked Ms. Umbridge what I had done wrong because her notes were minimal. She told me my assessment of the material was uninspired. Okay, can you maybe direct me to an example of an inspired assessment? She told me to come back during study hall. Thinking she'd have some example materials for me to review, I got a pass to see her during my study hall period. Well, no. She spent the full hour basically telling me that I was an idiot. I remember leaving her classroom and crying because she didn't tell me anything constructive.
My friend, who wound up being our class valedictorian, offered to help me on my next paper. My friend and I spent hours on it. She had never gotten below an A- on anything. But I got another D. My friend was now furious. She took it to her AP English teacher and asked him to review it. She said she was entering a writing competition and wanted some advice. He said the paper was great. Typical A-plus work. My friend, quicker on the uptake, asked me for a copy of my original assignment. She asked her AP English teacher to look that one over too, and he said that she should enter the first one. This one was still good, he'd probably give it an A-, but the other paper was better. My friend was convinced Ms.
Umbridge was treating me unfairly for some reason and that she must have an ax to grind. My friend wanted me to tell my parents or my school counselor, but a teacher that didn't like me? That had never happened before. Sure, they didn't all love me, but none had actively disliked me. I decided that I'd try one more time, but this time, get Ms. Umbridge to help me with the assignment. Despite the previous horrors of spending study hall with her, I went to her office during study hall three times before the next paper was due. She reviewed the paper, gave me tips on revising it each time. She did this in red pen. I took notes. By the time the next paper was due, I had three revised versions with her notes in red ink on each one.
I got a D+. She smirked and congratulated me on my improvement. Bitch? I was done. My friend was right. This lady had it out for me and she was giving me grades on purpose. I'm a laid back person by nature, but I was pissed. Never before had I been this enraged. I took my paper to my newspaper teacher. Sure, he didn't teach English, but our student paper constantly won awards because of his work.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the first revenge story about a brutal English teacher and unfair grading?
0:17–6:04
2
How did the student discover and prove their teacher's biased grading?
6:04–17:13
3
What administrative actions forced the teacher to be removed from classroom duty?
17:13–25:39
4
How did the student turn the transfer into academic redemption and closure?
25:39–26:00