My Old School Once Covered Up A Serious Hazing Incident And (unrelatedly) Still Wont Fire The History

My old school once covered up a serious hazing incident and (unrelatedly) still wont fire the history teacher that walks around slapping his hands with a metal base ball bat and once grabbed a girl by the back of her neck to make a metaphor about the British seizing american ports.

In 3rd grade I got this big award in front of the whole school for ‘most improved’ and I keep thinking about it b/c

It was named after a kid who died in a tractor accident and apparently had behavioral issues that were getting better? the school somehow decided the most tasteful way to honor his memory was with a ‘most improved’ award, and then to hand it out annually to elementary school students, who definitely wouldn’t be creeped out at all to receive something named after a kid who died tragically.

I only got it because I finally had a teacher who knew how to help with/ my learning disorders. And both of my siblings (with similar issues) went on to receive the exact same reward when they were also in Mrs. D’s class. Like, if problem children are repeatedly improving after switching to a new classroom environment, maybe they weren’t the problem in the first place. Maybe get these kids help sooner. (Man, I flipping loved Mrs. D)

The person on the stage had to call my name twice because I wasn’t paying attention. Someone had to tap me on the shoulder. I think I was reading.

It was a pretty weird situation. I still kept the plaque though.

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