Short Story as a reaction to "The Use Of Force" by William Carlos Williams
Humiliated
When
I was in the 5th grade I was humiliated by my English
teacher. When I was in the 5th grade I was humiliated by
my English teacher. She was a horrible human being. This was years ago yet I
still remember the incident vividly. All I learned from this experience was
that you can’t trust everyone. Even people whose profession is helping,
building and educating can be nasty and cruel. The incident itself is very
simple, a student humiliated by the teacher in front of the whole class. It’s
something that you would see in a movie.
I had to give an oral
report. I remember how nervous I felt standing up in front of the whole class
with my cart board and index cards. As soon as I started she criticized my
posture and uniform making a snide comment about my shirt being wrinkled. She
proceeded to interrupt my every statement. Since I was nervous I started
reading from the cards I had prepared. The teacher started to say that I
couldn’t read, that I had to give the presentation in a complete oral matter. I
still remember looking at my classmates with humiliation in my face and anguish
in my heart. After I was finished with this horrible presentation she got up
and said to the class that we should really prepare for our presentations not
come to make it up as we go or to improvise. The experience was so bad as soon
as I got home I told my mother. The matter was discussed with the principle and
yet her attitude towards me the rest of the year was horrible.
I do not understand
what she gained from this abrupt show of “power”. I think of it now and it
really shocks me like she was so insecure and minuscule that she had to
humiliate a 12 year old just to feel in control or as if she has any real power
or authority over me. It’s sad really when you think of it. What I take from
this situation is that if you don’t love your profession and can’t exert it with
love and decency then don’t do it at all, quit and find some job you
love.
The End.
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