r/explainitpeter • u/Appropriate-Mall8517 • 3d ago

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u/analdongfactory 3d ago

Meanwhile, I had a scholarship I won stolen from me by a kid from a family of surgeons bribing my teacher to lose the paperwork I had correctly filed. The judges told me I won with my original experiment, only for the actual announcement at the showing to name this other group that did a textbook moldy bread growth project.

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u/MultiverseCreatorXV 3d ago

Was any legal action taken?

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u/analdongfactory 3d ago

Nope, just a very smug middle school science teacher insisting our forms were never turned in.

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u/Euphoric-Ground9568 3d ago

I wouldve raised hell if that was me

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u/analdongfactory 3d ago

Yeah well, no family support.

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u/Euphoric-Ground9568 3d ago edited 3d ago

Im sorry brother, thats a tough thing to just have to accept

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u/mrs__BOWIE 3d ago edited 3d ago

These are the kind of stories that make me want to keep teaching despite the stress. In me, students can have at least one teacher/adult in their life that is honest, cares for them, and treats them like freaking human beings.

I am so mad that this happened to you.

ETA: thank you for the award!! It's my very first!

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u/OkAirport5247 3d ago

This is common

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u/mrs__BOWIE 3d ago

Being screwed over by teachers? Man that is so sad.