From a very young age kids look up at their teachers. Teachers are placed in a position of trust and given the opportunity to guide young children into young mature and responsible adults.

Before I go any further I feel the need to give a little WARNING: This is not a work of fiction, this is something that goes on everyday. It is not my wish or intent to single out any one teacher or to give teachers a bad name, but the editors here at bleach believe that this is an article which deserves to be heard.

Most teachers will undeniably do their very best to give children and teenagers a good education, without any negativity directed at the students. But as I have witnessed in my days of high school and earlier, this isn't always so. Without mentioning any names or the school I went too. There has been some major overlooking of psychological problems by our teachers. One student in particular, had a learning disorder and because of this he was regarded as a troublemaker, and ran into many problems while attending school, this student's teachers, principal, and guidance counselor never picked up on the problem. Instead they decided that it would be much easier to give the teenager a hard time. And not even discover, let alone assist in the problem at hand. Because of this ignorance and refusal to help, the student quit school, and missed out on his high school experience and education. This could have all been avoided if the teachers had taken the time and had the interest in going to the root of the problem.

Now unto something that I believe to be much more severe on a child's or young teenager's psychological well being, mental abuse. I myself have even endured negativity to where it could have been considered abuse. I never really let it get to me, although it does get to some students. And most of the time it is the result of a teacher having a bad day or an unhappy life at home. Either of which cannot and should not be blamed on a student. Granted teachers are only human and everyone has bad days from time to time, but it is my belief that they should be professional enough not to let that anger reach their classes.

So in closing, I hope that teachers do get to read this article and that instead of offending them or making them angry, they realize that these are serious issues, and administrators should do all they can to fix the problem.

---HuDson