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My problem with the School System
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My problem with the School System

I have a quite similar problem. I have a dumb Pastoral Leader who recently banned me from having favourite teachers and would start being rude to me if she catches me anywhere near my favourite teachers, unless I have a lesson with them. Outside of their lessons, I'm not allowed to even talk to them. And my Pastoral Leader doesn't control me for 40 minutes, but for the whole day and is threatening me with permanent exclusion. I have five favourite teachers and one of them doesn't even teach me, so I need to avoid her at all times. My Pastoral Leader even said that she will give me a detention if I tell someone about how she doesn't let me do anything. This week on Wednesday, she even yelled at me only because I was staring at one of my favourite teachers (The one who doesn't teach me) during a lunchtime detention. And because I have favourite teachers, I can't leave the Learning Support room at breaktime and lunchtime (unless I have a detention, I go to the canteen, or the fire alarm goes off) and when she is not in, the Learning Support room is closed or some kid throws me out, I go and sit next to AF11. Luckily, my stupid Pastoral Leader never found out about this. One day, a girl from Year 8 banned me from the Learning Support room, so I sat next to AF11 and read a book. My Pastoral Leader wasn't in on that day and the day later. Back then, I could go and sit next to AF11, but now that's no longer the case. My Pastoral Leader has told me that she'll spy on me every day. Plus she's only not in school once twice a year and usually goes on the same trips I go to. She goes to the field on Sports Day as well. I feel like I'm not going to do Sports Day this year. I hate PE anyway. Well, she didn't ban me from having ALL teachers as favourites, but she gave me a choice:

1. Have HER and ONLY her as my favourite teacher.

2. Not have favourite teachers at all.

Yeah, she thinks she is the most important teacher in school and that she's above every single teacher, including the Headteacher and all the Deputy Headteachers. She is not. Back in Year 7 and Year 8, I had her as a Form Tutor. After my class got a new Form Tutor and a new Co-Tutor, I thought my Pastoral Leader would be better off as a Pastoral Leader than a Form Tutor, but I was wrong. She's just as bad as she was when she was my Form Tutor.

And she controls me for the whole day instead of 40 minutes.
(This post was last modified: 05-25-2017 06:43 AM by Marlena403.)
01-30-2017 08:30 AM
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My problem with the School System - Batman - 06-07-2014, 05:55 AM
My problem with the School System - Ky - 06-07-2014, 07:30 AM
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My problem with the School System - Marlena403 - 01-30-2017 08:30 AM

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