@monteluna
Core memory:
In HS I was deep in music and I would basically skip the class to go to the band room and practice brass, hang out, flirt with girls, etc. There was a huge war with teachers and senior band leaders just skipping all their classes, turning in homework, and getting A's.
My English teacher got pissed off at the band directors and brought me and the director in with me and basically demanded I show up to class. My director told me to do it, so I went there the next day.
So I get to class, and he's doing group reading. Everyone is taking turns reading, and of course, he starts with me. I go through the passage, read it clearly for about 10 minutes, and he stops me to go to the next person.
I shit you not, it was brutal...
https://nypost.com/2026/08/13/us-news/texas-teacher-darius-williams-breaks-down-in-tears-during-class-after-his-senior-students-struggled-to-read-write/